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Warren Zevon quotes: I remember certain lines and whose they are.

I remember certain lines and whose they are.

Warren Zevon quotes: Enjoy every sandwich.

Enjoy every sandwich.

Warren Zevon quotes: When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: You can dream the American DreamBut you sleep with the lights onAnd wake up with a scream

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

Warren Zevon quotes: I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.

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

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

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

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: I saw a Werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand

I saw a Werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: 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 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.

Warren Zevon quotes: I don't like piano solos.

I don't like piano solos.

Warren Zevon quotes: I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it

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

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

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

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: Send lawyers, guns and money; the shit has hit the fan.

Send lawyers, guns and money; the shit has hit the fan.

Warren Zevon quotes: But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: Your face looked like something Death brought with him in his suitcase.

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

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.

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

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: Send lawyers, guns, and money. Dad, get me out of this.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: I was born to rock the boat. Some may sink, but we may float.

I was born to rock the boat. Some may sink, but we may float.

Warren Zevon quotes: 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.

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.

Warren Zevon quotes: So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.

So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.

Warren Zevon quotes: 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.

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.

Warren Zevon quotes: I'll sleep when I'm dead.

I'll sleep when I'm dead.

Warren Zevon quotes: Little old lady got mutilated late last night, werewolves of London, again.

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

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: Dylan can do no wrong.

Dylan can do no wrong.

Warren Zevon quotes: I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions.

I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions.

Warren Zevon quotes: Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: 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.

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.

Warren Zevon quotes: Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: I like wherever I am. That's my big secret.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: Excitable boy, they all said, he killed and raped her and brought her home.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: The hurt gets worse as the heart grows harder.

The hurt gets worse as the heart grows harder.

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: The days slide byShould have done, should have done, we all sigh ...

The days slide by
Should have done, should have done, we all sigh ...

Warren Zevon quotes: You're suppose to sit on your ass and nod at stupid things.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: You used to be the best to make life be real to me,and I hope that you're still out there and you're like you used to be

You used to be the best to make life be real to me,
and I hope that you're still out there and you're like you used to be

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: We buy books because we believe we are buying the time to read them.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: They say love conquers allYou can't start it like a carYou can't stop it with a gun.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

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

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

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

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: Cachet - isn't that like panache, but sitting down?

Cachet - isn't that like panache, but sitting down?

Warren Zevon quotes: Piano is like drudgery.

Piano is like drudgery.

Warren Zevon quotes: Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: Sickness, doctors, that scares me, not violence helplessness. That's why I turn to violent stories.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: I have no guitar technique.

I have no guitar technique.

Warren Zevon quotes: Regrets are so far from reality.

Regrets are so far from reality.

Warren Zevon quotes: I don't get depressed and I don't get bored

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

Warren Zevon quotes: 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.

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.

Warren Zevon quotes: My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.

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

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

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

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: We love to buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.[Inside Out (VH1)]

We love to buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.
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Warren Zevon quotes: I'm not a big jazz fan.

I'm not a big jazz fan.

Warren Zevon quotes: I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.

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

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

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

Warren Zevon quotes: I've been to Paris. And it ain't that pretty at all.

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

Warren Zevon quotes: We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.

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