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Evan Dando is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band The Lemonheads. His band's music, characterized by its melodic hooks and introspective lyrics, gained a following in the 1990s. Dando's contributions to rock music and his distinctive sound have made him a notable figure in the genre.
"It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore."
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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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"Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on."
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"Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"I was trying to spend it as quickly as possible. Because I'm so lazy, all that money created a block. I was flying around the world, staying at fancy hotels, having fun and trying to get rid of it as quickly as possible, so I could get on with some more work."
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"I was trying to spend it as quickly as possible. Because I'm so lazy, all that money created a block. I was flying around the world, staying at fancy hotels, having fun and trying to get rid of it as quickly as possible, so I could get on with some more work."

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

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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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"I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again."

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

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"The best songs I write in 20 minutes."
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"The best songs I write in 20 minutes."

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