Evan Dando Quotes
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I write in the studio.
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I write slowly.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.
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I write and speak about personal and spiritual growth. One week I write about illness and another week I speak about relationships and another week I write about work and money and another week I speak to people with obesity issues. I write about whatever wounds seem to cry out for more enlightened solutions, and the love that heals them all.
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I write, I write, I always write.
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I write with one hand, but I fight with both.
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I write fast, because I have not the brains to write slow.
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I write one poem a year, usually in January or February.
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When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.
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As I write, I try to be the character.
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The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.
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I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful. And that machine is what is going to work for them - there's tons of examples of pop stars who need that machine.
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What Washington desperately needs now are citizen legislators that are dedicated to leading a free people and to maintain our God-given right to the pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Heaven is a state of mind, not a location, since Spirit is everywhere and in everything.
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He's not a starter and hasn't started, ... I know he's disappointed in not making more of an impact, not playing more, but I think it's something we have to work our way through. I think it's one of those things scheme-wise for our defense, it's the best way I would answer that. We've got a lot of guys that are talented guys who can do a lot of things for us. ... Health-wise, I think he's back.
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I'm honored people think enough of my playing to chase my sound. Hell, I chase other players' tones all the time.
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It may be that that we can sing what we often cannot say, whether it be from shyness, fear, lack of the right words or the passion or dramatic gift to express them. More souls have rallied to more causes by the strains of music than by straining rhetoric.
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Religion is everywhere. It is in the mind, in the heart, in the love you put into what you do.
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When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.
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Instead of being taught independence, energy, and enterprise, our youth today is taught to look for security.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way.
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The best songs I write in 20 minutes.
