Evan Dando Quotes

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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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  Dream, School, Years

  "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.

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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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  Fun, Thinking, Rocks

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• I know so many songs. I'm like a walking karaoke torture machine.

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  Song, Torture, Walking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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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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  Cute, People, Guy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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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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  Song, Memories, Book

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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  Lying, Thinking, Guitar

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• Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right?

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  Stars, Writing, Rocks

  "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.

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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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  Sacrifice, Men, Drug

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It's better when you have your wife with you, more fun.

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  Fun, Wife

  "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.

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• 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.

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  Years, Sick, Fans

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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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  Journey, Ugly, Awful

  "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.

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• I really didn't study any music. I just picked it up real quick.

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  Real, Study

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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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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  Feel Better, Hair, Used

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• But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway.

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  Too Much, Bugs, Sneaky

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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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  Able, Records, Quiet

  "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.

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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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  People, Trying, World

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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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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  Fun, Play, Records

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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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  Boss, Labels, Records

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• Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption.

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  Band, Mass Consumption, Mass

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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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  Song, Writing, Kind

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I have to make rock records occasionally.

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  Rocks, Records

  "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.

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• I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.

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  Night, Lasts, Last Night

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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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  Insecure, Insecurity, Way

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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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  Thinking, Mushrooms, Alcohol

  "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.

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• Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.

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  Taken, Vacation

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