--- title: "1 Acting Experience Quotes By Loudon Wainwright III" description: "1 Acting Experience quotes by Loudon Wainwright III. Plus more from Loudon Wainwright III and more Acting Experience sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/loudon-wainwright-iii-14383_acting_i-studied-acting-and-there-s-certainly-a_2974132.jpg" --- > [I studied acting and there's certainly an element of performance. I think that the songs are in many ways written to be performed. I think about what it's going to be like to sing them on stage rather than what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/i-studied-acting-and-there-s-certainly-an-element-of-performance-i/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/loudon-wainwright-iii-14383_acting_i-studied-acting-and-there-s-certainly-a_2974132.jpg) ## More by Loudon Wainwright III > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/i-ve-never-really-suffered-complete-and-utter-writer-s-block-really-i/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/my-feeling-is-that-and-i-ve-been-writing-about-my-family-over-the/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late '60s at Carnegie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/i-always-wanted-to-be-an-actor-even-as-a-little-kid-so-i-went-to/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/when-you-start-performing-you-realize-that-you-have-to-separate/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/as-it-turns-out-three-of-my-four-kids-are-professional-singers-and/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/you-just-do-the-best-you-can-it-doesn-t-necessarily-mean-that-you/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [When you have a song on the radio your career and your life changes maybe for the better and maybe for the not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/when-you-have-a-song-on-the-radio-your-career-and-your-life-changes/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/doomsday-is-quite-within-our-reach-if-we-will-only-stretch-for-it/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/right-away-i-knew-i-didn-t-want-to-have-that-look-of-other-guys-with/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/i-m-always-asked-if-the-songs-that-i-write-are-therapeutic-and-my/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/my-music-comes-from-country-music-merle-haggard-is-god-and-i-do/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [Why kill good people just to get a bad man?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/why-kill-good-people-just-to-get-a-bad-man/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-a-folk-singer-per-se-but-i-really-like/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/i-have-travelled-and-been-pretty-much-a-one-man-operation-for-most-of/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/when-my-mother-died-and-when-my-father-died-it-s-big-our-parents-are/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting-experience/loudon-wainwright-iii/#itemlist", "name": "1 Acting Experience Quotes By Loudon Wainwright III", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I studied acting and there's certainly an element of performance. I think that the songs are in many ways written to be performed. I think about what it's going to be like to sing them on stage rather than what it's going to be like to have someone at home listening to them on a CD. 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