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. — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
I guess, for me, what started me getting real excited about music was the New York punk and new-wave scene. All those bands looked back to the Velvet Underground and the Stooges and the Modern Lovers as well. But that… — 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… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
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
