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Evan Dando Biography

Evan Griffith Dando (born March 4, 1967) is an American musician and frontman of the Lemonheads. He has also embarked on a solo career and collaborated on songs with various artists. In December 2015 Dando was inducted into the Boston Music Awards Hall of Fame.

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It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.

Boss, Cos, Labels, Let, Records

I get to see the world and try to make people happy. I'm very much of a wandering spirit, if you'll pardon the expression.

Expression, Pardon, People, Trying, World

Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.

Corporate, Ends, Stricter, Stuff

I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write down phrases as they occur to me. That's how I write songs. I'll need a line and I'll go through the books and find it, the right rhyme and everything.

Book, Everything, Experiences, Memories, Song, Songs

When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em.

Fans, Modern, Old, Sick, Three, Years

I have to make rock records occasionally.

Make, Occasionally, Records, Rock, Rocks

Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption.

Band, Bands, Dig, Mass, Mass Consumption

Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.

Elizabeth, Healthier, Lifestyle, Live

The best songs I write in 20 minutes.

Minutes, Song, Songs, Write, Writing

I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think.

Guitar, Lie, Lying, Think, Thinking

My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.

Content, Dream, Eat, Pay, School, Years

I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again.

Feel Better, Feels, Hair, Short, Spiky, Used

You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true.

Know, Knows, Probably, True

See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million different angles and they're all valid. But I think rock might be a world issue.

Fun, Point, Rocks, See, Thinking, Valid

I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.

Guess, Insecure, Insecurity, Ready, Way

I'd forgotten what it was like to play music and have it be fun so I decided to stop. I wasn't even sure if I was going to make a new record, I was just kinda quitting.

Forgotten, Fun, Kinda, Play, Record, Records

When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly - constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence.

Behaviour, Feminine, Gross, Horrible, Journey, Needs

I'll always be making music. I'd like to do it my whole life - although I also love words and want to write short stories. But right now, my songs are kind of my short stories.

Kind, Making, Music, Song, Whole, Writing

When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.

Come, Firsts, Riff, Song, Write, Writing

For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead.

Dead, Dubliners, James, Joyce, Love

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