I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult to discuss politics intelligently in a 4-minute song. But I am finding there are ways to get bits… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
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… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
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 people have a "go" button and a "stop" button, and some people just have the "go" button, meaning that they take drugs and just take more, and more, and more. It could… — Dean Wareham Copy Share
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… — Dean Wareham Copy Share
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 decisions that need to be made with each script and it's the good directors that can make those decisions. It's a long and complicated process in regards to what looks good on… — Dean Wareham Copy Share
My standards are higher than they used to be, I think. They don't necessarily have to make sense, but I certainly work on them a lot harder now -- partly because I do them on the computer, and I print them out and fix them, and print them and fix them over and over again, whereas in the early days… — Dean Wareham Copy Share
I know I get a real kick, an emotional charge, out of playing a song I haven't played for 10 years. It just takes… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
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 wish I could say that Nietzsche inspired my lyrics but all I can honestly say is I was inspired by the graphic design of these '70s paperback covers for Beyond Good & Evil… — Dean Wareham Copy Share
I don't really listen to the radio anymore, but some of the more contemporary people I like are Stereolab, Spiritualize, Yo La Tengo and… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
It's easy enough to foist your music collection on your kids. Lectures are not required; you just play the stuff while they are prisoner… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
I have a slightly bourgeois upbringing, I guess. My parents paid for me to go to school, which is nice, but I haven't gotten… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
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.… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
The road, lyric-wise, is a trap, and a bore. Maybe it's interesting to me, but I don't think it's a connecting thing with other… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
