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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/it-s-not-often-i-get-to-do-a-film-that-turns-out-good-plus-there-just/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wareham/)

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## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/it-s-hard-to-imagine-the-whole-punk-movement-without-the-velvet/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/don-t-be-a-rock-star-i-ve-seen-people-around-me-have-their-lives/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/it-s-hard-to-imagine-the-whole-punk-movement-without-the-velvet-2/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/it-s-not-often-i-get-to-do-a-film-that-turns-out-good-plus-there-just/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wareham/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/my-standards-are-higher-than-they-used-to-be-i-think-they-don-t/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wareham/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/i-know-i-get-a-real-kick-an-emotional-charge-out-of-playing-a-song-i/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/i-guess-i-could-be-singing-about-superman-or-about-zarathustra-coming/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wareham/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/i-don-t-really-listen-to-the-radio-anymore-but-some-of-the-more/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wareham/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/it-s-easy-enough-to-foist-your-music-collection-on-your-kids-lectures/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wareham/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/i-have-a-slightly-bourgeois-upbringing-i-guess-my-parents-paid-for-me/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/i-don-t-pretend-to-understand-him-but-i-can-enjoy-him-as-a-poet-and/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wareham/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/the-road-lyric-wise-is-a-trap-and-a-bore-maybe-it-s-interesting-to-me/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wareham/)

> [The first thing you learn about the music business is that it changes very quickly. You come into it at a certain point and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/the-first-thing-you-learn-about-the-music-business-is-that-it-changes/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wareham/)

> [Once you hit 40, being in a band - a committee voting constantly on what you're going to be doing next month - it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/once-you-hit-40-being-in-a-band-a-committee-voting-constantly-on-what/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wareham/)

> [I've never played in Vegas. I've only been to the airport, but even the airport was exciting. Just flying in, looking out the window,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-wareham/i-ve-never-played-in-vegas-i-ve-only-been-to-the-airport-but-even-the/)

[Dean Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-wareham/)

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