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> [But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/but-there-s-a-thin-line-between-songwriting-and-arranging/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/warren-zevon-7349_arranging_but-there-s-a-thin-line-between-songwrit_2238221.png)

> [But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too. ... And I think it's safe to say that the single very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/but-there-s-a-thin-line-between-songwriting-and-arranging-recording/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

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## More by Warren Zevon

> [At least I've had one foot in a very normal kind of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/at-least-i-ve-had-one-foot-in-a-very-normal-kind-of-life/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [I wish I sang better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/i-wish-i-sang-better/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [I don't like piano solos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/i-don-t-like-piano-solos/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [“Cachet — isn’t that like panache, but sitting down?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/cachet-isn-t-that-like-panache-but-sitting-down/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [I saw a Werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/i-saw-a-werewolf-with-a-chinese-menu-in-his-hand/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [I'm not a big jazz fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/i-m-not-a-big-jazz-fan/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/i-d-like-to-go-back-to-paris-someday-and-visit-the-lourve-museum-get/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/but-i-can-t-say-that-i-didn-t-like-john-hammond-s-performances-often/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/i-don-t-learn-so-good-no-matter-how-good-the-teacher-is/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/well-first-of-all-let-me-say-that-i-might-have-made-a-tactical-error/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [I don't get depressed and I don't get bored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/i-don-t-get-depressed-and-i-don-t-get-bored/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [ “We love to buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them. \[ Inside Out (VH1)\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/we-love-to-buy-books-because-we-believe-we-re-buying-the-time-to-read/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/my-first-album-is-like-a-terrible-john-hammond-album-with-drums/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [Speaking as one who has abused privilege a long time, I tell you, it's great to be alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/speaking-as-one-who-has-abused-privilege-a-long-time-i-tell-you-it-s/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

> [Little old lady got mutilated late last night, werewolves of London, again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/little-old-lady-got-mutilated-late-last-night-werewolves-of-london/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

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