It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour, and no one sounds like that; they are a very unique-sounding band. They have a lot of noise, they have a viola, they have a drummer that's standing up, certainly they have influenced my guitar playing, but hopefully after 12 records you start to sound like yourself.
I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult to discuss polit… - Dean Wareham
I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult to discuss polit…
- Dean Wareham
I guess I could be singing about Superman, or about Zarathustra coming down from the mountain, but in my mind I was singing about Julian Assange. I w… - Dean Wareham
I guess I could be singing about Superman, or about Zarathustra coming down from the mountain, but in my mind I was singing about Julian Assange. I w…
We are drowning in a sea of Myspace, blather, and too much information. Music is everywhere and nowhere. The independent record store is the solution… - Dean Wareham
We are drowning in a sea of Myspace, blather, and too much information. Music is everywhere and nowhere. The independent record store is the solution…
Don't be a rock star. I've seen people around me have their lives destroyed by drugs. It just depends on what kind of person you are. Like, some peop… - Dean Wareham
Don't be a rock star. I've seen people around me have their lives destroyed by drugs. It just depends on what kind of person you are. Like, some peop…
One of the nice things about being in a band is that you depend on each other for ideas, so it's not all up to me to do everything myself. There's al… - Dean Wareham
One of the nice things about being in a band is that you depend on each other for ideas, so it's not all up to me to do everything myself. There's al…
It's not often I get to do a film that turns out good. Plus, there just aren't that many great directors out there. There are a thousand different de… - Dean Wareham
It's not often I get to do a film that turns out good. Plus, there just aren't that many great directors out there. There are a thousand different de…
I don't pretend to understand him, but I can enjoy him as a poet and comedian. I liked the idea of the eternal return. Sometimes I think that being o… - Dean Wareham
I don't pretend to understand him, but I can enjoy him as a poet and comedian. I liked the idea of the eternal return. Sometimes I think that being o…
It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour, and no one sounds l… - Dean Wareham
It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour, and no one sounds l…
Writing songs does not get any easier, and that might be because I am harder on myself than I was twenty years ago. Hopefully, as we grow older and c… - Dean Wareham
Writing songs does not get any easier, and that might be because I am harder on myself than I was twenty years ago. Hopefully, as we grow older and c…
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