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Townes Van Zandt quotes: There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah.

There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah.

Townes Van Zandt quotes: Human's can't live in the present as animals do; they just live in the present. But human's are always thinking about the future or the past.

Human's can't live in the present as animals do; they just live in the present. But human's are always thinking about the future or the past.

Townes Van Zandt quotes: come on mama, let's rent us a boatsail down that gibraltar moatshed a tear every time we pass tangier

come on mama, let's rent us a boat
sail down that gibraltar moat
shed a tear every time we pass tangier

Townes Van Zandt quotes: I don't envision a very long life for myself. I think my life will run out before my work does. I've designed it that way.

I don't envision a very long life for myself. I think my life will run out before my work does. I've designed it that way.

Townes Van Zandt quotes: Now the dark air is like fire on my skin, And even the moonlight is blinding

Now the dark air is like fire on my skin, And even the moonlight is blinding

Townes Van Zandt quotes: Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being poor.

Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being poor.

Townes Van Zandt quotes: I'm the mold that grunge was grown in.

I'm the mold that grunge was grown in.

Townes Van Zandt quotes: Now you wear your skin like iron

Now you wear your skin like iron

Townes Van Zandt quotes: I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.

I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.

Townes Van Zandt quotes: I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

Townes Van Zandt quotes: I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal.

I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal.

Townes Van Zandt quotes: I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken,

I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken,

Townes Van Zandt quotes: Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering.

Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering.

Townes Van Zandt quotes: There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah,

There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah,

Townes Van Zandt quotes: I don't envision a long life for myself. Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y'know? I've designed it that way.

I don't envision a long life for myself. Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y'know? I've designed it that way.