Evan Dando is an American musician best known for his role as the lead singer and guitarist of the 1990s punk rock band The Dandy Warhols. His musical style blends various genres, including punk, pop, and indie rock.
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“I know so many songs. I'm like a walking karaoke torture machine.”
“I really didn't study any music. I just picked it up real quick.”
“But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway.”
“Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.”
“CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.”
“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.”
“I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.”
“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 used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again.”
“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.”
“You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true.”
“When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.”
“Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.”
“Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right?”