Warren Zevon
I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.Collection: Teacher
I'll sleep when I'm dead.Collection: Death
It took me 10 years to realize that I don't know 'em, 10 years to realize that it's possible to learn them, then another 10 years to learn how to do things.
Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time.
Enjoy every sandwich.
But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
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.
Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off.
Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.
Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions.
I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think.
Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember.
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.
Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.
I remember certain lines and whose they are.
Dylan can do no wrong.
My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.
The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.
I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.
I wish I sang better.
Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.
Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.
Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade.
I have no guitar technique.
And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.
Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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.
Piano is like drudgery.
But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.
I'm not a big jazz fan.
We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.Collection: Believe
All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast.Collection: Life
I like wherever I am. That's my big secret.Collection: Change
I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in.Collection: Evil
When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.Collection: Young
If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will.Collection: Low Self Esteem
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.Collection: Sandwiches
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.Collection: Nice
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.Collection: Girl
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.Collection: Song
I saw a Werewolf with a Chinese menu in his handCollection: Hands
There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.Collection: Real
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.Collection: Ocean