Evan Dando quotes | Thousands Of Quotes

Search for quotes

The best songs I write in 20 minutes.

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.

I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.

Evan Dando

Night

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

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.

Evan Dando

Alcohol

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.

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

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.

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.

Evan Dando

Fun

World