The fact I have an education forms my lyrical style, I’m sure. I studied the social sciences, history, stuff like that. I have an interest in politics, which maybe works its way into the songs in small, subtle ways. Dean Wareham Read Quote
There’s all kinds of ways to be misunderstood, and one of them is via the interview. Dean Wareham Read Quote
I really like the last three Luna records a whole lot, especially ‘Penthouse.’ I think of all the records I’ve done, that’s my favorite. I don’t know why, really. I don’t know why some records turn out better than others. It’s not a science. Dean Wareham Read Quote
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 was back when Television were punk, and the Talking Heads were punk. Dean Wareham Read Quote
Things can turn ugly so quickly in the music business, especially if you have an unexpected success. Dean Wareham Read Quote
Great guitar players are a dime a dozen. It is sometimes your very limitations as players that set you apart from the crowd. Dean Wareham Read Quote
Rock is periodically pronounced dead by clear rock critics – killed by world music, or by hip-hop, or electronica, or the Backstreet Boys. But if you wait a year, it comes back to life. Dean Wareham Read Quote
I’m tired of being in a band, but I do want to continue making records and performing, at least a little bit. Making the records isn’t always fun. It’s fun to be finished with them. Making beautiful things can be quite painful. Dean Wareham Read Quote
I think a lot of bands go on way past the point where they’re relevant. Some of them keep doing it because they’re making millions of dollars. Or people are afraid – they don’t know what else to do. It’s scary to get out of a relationship of any kind. Dean Wareham Read Quote
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 in the back seat on a long drive, or softly in the background while eating dinner. Dean Wareham Read Quote
