Warren zevon quotes

I've been to Paris. And it ain't that pretty at all.

Regrets are so far from reality.

People write because it seems like it'll be an easier job than carpet laying, that they might meet more girls. And they write because the world strikes them as being a marvelous place, and they want to keep bringing that to everybody's attention. You know ~ a scary place, a menacing place, an exciting place because it's scary and menacing. But mainly, kind of glorious.

I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.

You put more value on every minute...You know I always kinda thought I did that. I really always enjoyed myself. But it's more valuable now. You're reminded to enjoy every sandwich and every minute.

I like wherever I am. That's my big secret.

don't let us get sick, don't let us get old, don't let us get stupid, alright? just make us be brave, and make us play nice, and let us be together tonight.

I went to law school and took a law degree, and counseled all my clients to plead insanity.

I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.

LeRoy says there's something you should know, not everybody has a place to go. And home is just a place to hang your head, and dream of things to do in Denver when you're dead.

I lay my head on the railroad track, waitin' on the Double E. But the train don't run by here no more, poor, poor, pitiful me.

I wish I sang better.

If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will.

Speaking as one who has abused privilege a long time, I tell you, it's great to be alive.

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too. ... And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard. ... Dylan can do no wrong. ... Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him. ... I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.

All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast.

Can't you just imagine digging up the King, begging him to sing about those heavenly mansions Jesus mentioned.

I'm drinking here break motor oil and Bombay gin, I'll sleep when I'm dead.

I don't get depressed and I don't get bored.

Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.

Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade.

Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time.

My memory is not even what most peoples is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.

You're suppose to sit on your ass and nod at stupid things.

Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.

Send lawyers, guns, and money. Dad, get me out of this.

I can saw a woman in two - but you won't want to look in the box when I'm through.

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.

We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.

There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.

But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.

Little old lady got mutilated late last night, werewolves of London, again.

Enjoy every sandwich.

My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think.

Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.

We made mad love shadow love random love and abandoned love. Accidentally like a martyr. The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder.

It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies... I'm sure popular music is supposed to be like this.

At least I've had one foot in a very normal kind of life.

Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember.

I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.

They say love conquers all You can't start it like a car You can't stop it with a gun.

I read things I didn't know I'd done, It sounded like a lot of fun.

Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.

And if California slides into the ocean, as the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this hotel will be standing until I've paid my bill.

Excitable boy, they all said, he killed and raped her and brought her home.

Here's a story that I really want to tell about Bo Diddley at the OK corral.

That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.

I don't like piano solos.

I'm not a big jazz fan.

I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in.

I saw a Werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand

I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.

Piano is like drudgery.

I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did.

I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.

I might have made a tactical error not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that didn't pay off.

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.

My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.

Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.

I have no guitar technique.

You can dream the American Dream But you sleep with the lights on And wake up with a scream

I'd like to go back to Paris someday and visit the Lourve museum, get a good running start, and hurl myself at the wall.

And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.

I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.

To me, the message of my songs, of all songs, is "enjoy life." My message as a person who evidently doens't have much more planned is the same. It's the only message I ever thought art had any business having.

I'll sleep when I'm dead.

I write each song individually and each one calls for individual musicians, You sit around and wonder who can we get to play a Neil Young solo, and then you realize there`s a good chance you can get Neil himself.

You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.

I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions.

Maybe you simply criticized someone you hardly knew. You ruined part of their life. For them, part of your life, too.

It's hard to find a girl with a heart of gold, when you're living in a four letter world.

Sickness, doctors, that scares me, not violence -- helplessness. That's why I turn to violent stories.

Your face looked like something Death brought with him in his suitcase.

The hurt gets worse as the heart grows harder.

Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.