Quotes by Evan Dando

"When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later."

"The best songs I write in 20 minutes."

"Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on."

"Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle."

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

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

"It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore."

"I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them."

"I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night."

"I need the money. People don't understand how little money you make in a band."

"I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think."

"I have to make rock records occasionally."

"I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure."

"For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead."

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

"CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything."

"But ya have to make videos in the States. Usually ours just look too serious. We haven't got it together."

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

"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."

"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."