Evan Dando Quotes
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But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway.
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I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again.
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I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.
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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.
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I'll always be making music. I'd like to do it my whole life - although I also love words and want to write short stories. But right now, my songs are kind of my short stories.
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I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think.
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I have to make rock records occasionally.
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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.
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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.
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I know so many songs. I'm like a walking karaoke torture machine.
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I really didn't study any music. I just picked it up real quick.
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I get to see the world and try to make people happy. I'm very much of a wandering spirit, if you'll pardon the expression.
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Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.
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Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption.
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You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true.
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For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead.
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CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.
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So many times I thought to myself, man, I never want to do drugs again. But I would never sacrifice any experience I've ever had on them, and I am not remorseful that I've done them. I would like to get more and more away from drugs.
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It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.
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I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.
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I need the money. People don't understand how little money you make in a band.
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Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.
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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.
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A lot of what you do is about how you look. You're a good-looking guy who plays music, and you can't do anything about what happens because of that. If people say, "He's cute. I'm going to go buy his album," hopefully they'll like the music, too.