I don't write about anything I don't want to write about. I like to think I could write about anything pretty much… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
Geoff Muldaur was and is one of my musical heroes. When I listen to him sing and play, I can hear the… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I have a song called "Men." I mean, manhood and trying to be one, and failing as one, and trying to be… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I'm always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact, it could… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I had a hip replacement a couple of years ago. I have a song about that. And why wouldn't you? It strikes… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I've never really suffered complete and utter writer's block, really. I equate it with sex: in the beginning of my career, I… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
When you have a song on the radio your career and your life changes maybe for the better and maybe for the… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
If I had five minutes to live, I don't think I'd be bothered singing a song. I'd be dead, so it won't… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
Right away, I knew I didn't want to have that look of other guys with long hair and bell-bottom pants, because everybody… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
In a way, the songs are written to be performed. I put them on records, but I'm always thinking about how an… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
My feeling is that, and I've been writing about my family over the years, although it might make them feel uncomfortable, people… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I studied acting and there's certainly an element of performance. I think that the songs are in many ways written to be… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
My father writings stuff was always his personal stuff, like about the day we had to put our dog down, or finding… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
You just do the best you can. It doesn't necessarily mean that you have to get worse the more you do it.… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I know that people don't listen to music much in the way when they'll put on a CD, sit down, have a… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
When you make a record, you listen to it literally hundreds of times. When it's done and you can't do anything else,… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I'm writing about what's happening to me now. I mean, I had a hip replacement a couple of years ago. I have… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I've never really suffered complete and utter writer's block, really. I equate it with sex: in the beginning of my career, I was writing… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
My feeling is that, and I've been writing about my family over the years, although it might make them feel uncomfortable, people generally like… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late '60s at Carnegie… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
When you start performing, you realize that you have to separate yourself from the pack. So I would never wear bell-bottoms, which everybody else… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers. — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
You just do the best you can. It doesn't necessarily mean that you have to get worse the more you do it. It can… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
When you have a song on the radio your career and your life changes maybe for the better and maybe for the not so… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it. — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
Right away, I knew I didn't want to have that look of other guys with long hair and bell-bottom pants, because everybody else had… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
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… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
My music comes from country music. Merle Haggard is God, and I do believe that. I'm not too tuned in to country music. I… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
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… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
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… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share
