A biography for Evan Dandohasn’t been written yet.
“It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.”
“But ya have to make videos in the States. Usually ours just look too serious. We haven't got it together.”
“I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.”
“I have to make rock records occasionally.”
“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've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.”
“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.”
“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?”
“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.”
“CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.”
“Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption.”
“It's better when you have your wife with you, more fun.”
“I need the money. People don't understand how little money you make in a band.”
“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.”
“I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.”
“Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.”
“But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway.”