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Loudon Wainwright III quotes: I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late '60s at Carnegie Mellon.

I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late '60s at Carnegie Mellon.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: After a war, after a concentration camp, I find it's not too difficult to be happy.

After a war, after a concentration camp, I find it's not too difficult to be happy.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: When a parent dies, the whole house of cards comes down.

When a parent dies, the whole house of cards comes down.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: If you're 28 and singing about being over the hill, you're pretending. When you're 67 and singing about it, you know what you're talking about.

If you're 28 and singing about being over the hill, you're pretending. When you're 67 and singing about it, you know what you're talking about.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: I love failure. It's stuff that I'm thinking about all the time in my life, so it would make sense to me anyway to write about it.

I love failure. It's stuff that I'm thinking about all the time in my life, so it would make sense to me anyway to write about it.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: When my mother died, and when my father died, it's big. Our parents are giants; they're titans of our lives, so of course it's going to be a big deal.

When my mother died, and when my father died, it's big. Our parents are giants; they're titans of our lives, so of course it's going to be a big deal.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: Why kill good people just to get a bad man?

Why kill good people just to get a bad man?

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.

I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers.

As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: I think I'm the oldest new Bob Dylan around. I predate Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbat and John Prine. I was probably the first of the new Bob Dylans.

I think I'm the oldest new Bob Dylan around. I predate Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbat and John Prine. I was probably the first of the new Bob Dylans.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: I have travelled and been pretty much a one man operation for most of my career, and I think it'll continue to be that way.

I have travelled and been pretty much a one man operation for most of my career, and I think it'll continue to be that way.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: Who was that fatman buried in your place? Just another imitator, plastic surgeons did his face.

Who was that fatman buried in your place? Just another imitator, plastic surgeons did his face.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: I'm always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact, it could be argued that they exacerbate my neurosis.

I'm always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact, it could be argued that they exacerbate my neurosis.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: When you make a record, you listen to it literally hundreds of times. When it's done and you can't do anything else, I never listen to my records.

When you make a record, you listen to it literally hundreds of times. When it's done and you can't do anything else, I never listen to my records.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it.

Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it.

Loudon Wainwright III quotes: It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.

It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.