Quotes By Evan Dando
I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.
Evan Dando
I was trying to spend it as quickly as possible. Because I'm so lazy, all that money created a block. I was flying around the world, staying at fancy hotels, having fun and trying to get rid of it as quickly as possible, so I could get on with some more work.
Evan Dando
I'd forgotten what it was like to play music and have it be fun so I decided to stop. I wasn't even sure if I was going to make a new record, I was just kinda quitting.
Evan Dando
It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.
Evan Dando
CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.
Evan Dando
I don't like alcohol, but I still like to mess around with other stuff occasionally. I think it's important I take mushrooms and acid. They're certainly not addictive, so I can't rule that out.
Evan Dando
I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.
Evan Dando
See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million different angles and they're all valid. But I think rock might be a world issue.
Evan Dando
When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em.
Evan Dando
When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.
Evan Dando
When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly - constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence.
Evan Dando
Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.
Evan Dando
My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.
Evan Dando
I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write down phrases as they occur to me. That's how I write songs. I'll need a line and I'll go through the books and find it, the right rhyme and everything.
Evan Dando
I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again.
Evan Dando
But ya have to make videos in the States. Usually ours just look too serious. We haven't got it together.
Evan Dando