Dean Wareham Quotes
It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour, and no one sounds like that; they are a very unique-sounding band.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay.' No, they don't.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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I suppose anybody just losing it and sputtering curses is pretty funny. But I think it would be more of a challenge, much more of a challenge, to make a cursing dad funny.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
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I'm John Lee Hooker in the sense that he was a blues man and he played blues his whole life. I'm a rock guy and I'm going to play rock music my whole life.
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My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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It's important for people to understand where things come or what they represent.
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Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.
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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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I lost my confidence.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.
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One mustn't mistake bling for excellence, just as one mustn't mistake quiet for mediocre.
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To me, the whole thing with the roots of rap music was when the DJ had to supply all the music for the group with two turntables. And the whole criteria of what that DJ would use had nothing to do with what type of band made a record.
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I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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I always love wearing Vivienne Westwood. Her dresses just seem to fit me perfectly, and she makes dresses for girls with curves - I love that.
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It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour, and no one sounds like that; they are a very unique-sounding band.
