If I look at my own recordings, I think generally there is a focal point within the song and often it's the instrumental bridge or a guitar solo where we try to do something unexpected, something beautiful or weird, or… — 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
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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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
I guess I could be singing about Superman, or about Zarathustra coming down from the mountain, but in my mind I was singing about… — 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
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
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
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
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
The first thing you learn about the music business is that it changes very quickly. You come into it at a certain point and… — Dean Wareham Copy Share
Once you hit 40, being in a band - a committee voting constantly on what you're going to be doing next month - it's… — Dean Wareham Copy Share
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,… — Dean Wareham Copy Share
