Warren Zevon Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.”
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“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.”
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“I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it”
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“Little old lady got mutilated late last night, werewolves of London, again.”
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“There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.”
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“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.”
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“I saw a Werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand”
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“I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did.”
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“When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.”
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“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.”
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“Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.”
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“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.”
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“If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will.”
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“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.”
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“Here's a story that I really want to tell about Bo Diddley at the OK corral.”
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“Send lawyers, guns, and money. Dad, get me out of this.”
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“All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast.”
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“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.”
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“I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.”
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“Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.”
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“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.”
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“And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.”
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“My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think.”
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“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.”
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“We made mad love shadow love random love and abandoned love. Accidentally like a martyr. The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder.”
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“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.”
-- Warren Zevon
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