Evan Dando Quotes

I feel like have a lot of music left to cut in my life.

I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records and writing songs and singing and being in the music business.

All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records.

I'm desperate to start a career in music.

I'm in a band, and we play music. And that's sort of my way of still being a rock star.

Playing music for as long as I had been playing music and then getting a shot at making a record and at having an audience and stuff, it's just like an untamed force... a different kind of energy.

I realised that the only time I really enjoyed music was when I was in the studio writing. So even though it was a six album deal, they saw quite early on that I wasn't enjoying it as I should be. I didn't feel there was anything behind it.

I decided to start professionally making music at about 11. I was like, 'Okay, this is something I really want to do.'

I made an album I'm very proud of, and that's about it.

There's just no telling what I'll do. But I can say for certain I will continue to play, record, and put out music.

I will never stop making music.

For me, that first album, there was a lot of fun stuff.

I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.

I am completely done with music.

Being in Weezer's just gotten so much more fun over the years. I love almost every part of my job. My very favorite part is working on new songs.

I don't intend to stop making music.

I literally came out of high school thinking that I was going to do something in the sports world because I grew up with a very sports-oriented family. My last year of school, I got involved with playing guitar and singing, and I joined a band and I just decided that year somehow that I was going to play music.

I'm consistently recording and releasing stuff online or YouTube videos or whatever it is. I just don't know if it's going to be a full on, I'm the next Rihanna, or whatever. I'm not going for it to that level. But I love making music and I don't think I could stop if I wanted to.

Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.

My mom eventually told me if I wanted to be in the music industry, I should start writing my own songs. At that time, I was in junior high and had no idea where to start - I was writing joke rap songs with friends. Eventually, I wrote my first song in high school, and my mom took me to go record it with one of her band member friends at his house.

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I keep on putting out music. The only thing that drives music is the people who are making it.

When you're talking about your own music every day, listening to bands, going to festivals, you can kind of lose sight of your initial connection with music. Instrumental music - especially jazz - helps me refocus.