Always Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— Dean Wareham