Evan Dando Quotes
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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.
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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.
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The best songs I write in 20 minutes.
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I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.
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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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Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right?
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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.
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It's better when you have your wife with you, more fun.