Dando Quotes & Sayings

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

I have been determined for the past couple of years to move away from all those Holiday programmes. — Jill Dando

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

Just because I've got blonde hair and haven't been to Bosnia doesn't mean I'm a bimbo. I am still a serious journalist. — Jill Dando

Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

The best songs I write in 20 minutes. — Evan Dando

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

All life is a struggle, both without and within.
There are conditions against which we must
contend. Our very existence is a series of efforts
and accomplishments. Our measure of humanity
depends upon our measure for wrestling successfully with the elements of nature without, and with the enemies of virtue and truth within". — Louise Dando-Collins

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

And getting married this autumn was certainly an additional incentive to spend rather more time in England. — Jill Dando

Friends are very understanding when you tell them in April that you can see them next September, but there is a limit to how long you can go on like that. — Jill Dando

I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night. — Evan Dando

It's better when you have your wife with you, more fun. — Evan Dando

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. — Evan Dando

But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway. — Evan Dando

This quote is by my husband, Stephen Dando-Collins It is his advice for success:
1. MARRY LOUISE.
2. DO WHAT SHE TELLS YOU.
3. MAKE SURE THAT SHE IS HAPPY. — Louise Dando-Collins

Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on. — Evan Dando

MY HUSBAND, STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS
QUOTED THIS RECENTLY IN WANGARATTA AT A BOOK SIGNING WHEN ASKED ADVICE FOR SUCCESS.........
1. Marry Louise.
2. Do what she tells you.
3. Keep her happy! — Louise Dando-Collins

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. — Evan Dando

Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation. — Evan Dando

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

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

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. — Evan Dando

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

It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore. — Evan Dando

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

Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right? — Evan Dando

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

I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure. — Evan Dando

I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them. — Evan Dando

Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle. — Evan Dando

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. — Evan Dando

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. — Evan Dando

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. — Evan Dando

I have to make rock records occasionally. — Evan Dando

You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true. — Evan Dando

Despite their inglorious end, the legions remain to this day, thousands of years after their creation, the most pre-eminent example of how detailed organization, tight discipline, and inspiring leadership can take a group of individuals and turn them into a winning team. — Stephen Dando-Collins