--- title: "1 Like Iron Quotes By Townes Van Zandt" description: "1 Like Iron quotes by Townes Van Zandt. Plus more from Townes Van Zandt and more Like Iron sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/townes-van-zandt-25714_iron_now-you-wear-your-skin-like-iron-612159_612159.jpg" --- > [Now you wear your skin like iron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/now-you-wear-your-skin-like-iron/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/townes-van-zandt-25714_iron_now-you-wear-your-skin-like-iron-612159_612159.jpg) ## More by Townes Van Zandt > [Well I was born a rambler friends, and I intend to die that way. It could be twenty years from now it could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/well-i-was-born-a-rambler-friends-and-i-intend-to-die-that-way-it/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/i-ve-met-bob-dylan-s-bodyguards-and-if-steve-earle-thinks-he-can/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [Now you wear your skin like iron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/now-you-wear-your-skin-like-iron/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/i-d-like-to-write-some-songs-that-are-so-good-that-nobody-understands/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/there-s-only-two-kinds-of-music-the-blues-and-zippety-doo-dah/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/sorrow-and-solitude-these-are-the-precious-things-and-the-only-words/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [Human's can't live in the present as animals do; they just live in the present. But human's are always thinking about the future or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/human-s-can-t-live-in-the-present-as-animals-do-they-just-live-in-the/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/there-are-only-two-kinds-of-songs-there-s-the-blues-and-there-s-zip-a/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [What I do is between me and the Lord, to examine and possibly alter the state of grace in which I live, and thereby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/what-i-do-is-between-me-and-the-lord-to-examine-and-possibly-alter/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [Im the mold that grunge was grown in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/im-the-mold-that-grunge-was-grown-in/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [“come on mama, let's rent us a boat sail down that gibraltar moat shed a tear every time we pass tangier”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/come-on-mama-let-s-rent-us-a-boat-sail-down-that-gibraltar-moat-shed/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [I'm the mold that grunge was grown in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/i-m-the-mold-that-grunge-was-grown-in/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and two or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/all-of-a-sudden-there-s-a-song-there-in-your-hotel-room-playing-your/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [I was just tapped on the shoulder from above and told to write these songs, as opposed to wanting to be a success in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/i-was-just-tapped-on-the-shoulder-from-above-and-told-to-write-these/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) > [“The sky is full of silver and gold./ Try to hide the sun./ It can't be done./ Least not for long.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/the-sky-is-full-of-silver-and-gold-try-to-hide-the-sun-it-can-t-be/) [Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-iron/townes-van-zandt/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Iron Quotes By Townes Van Zandt", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Now you wear your skin like iron", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Townes Van Zandt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/now-you-wear-your-skin-like-iron/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/townes-van-zandt-25714_iron_now-you-wear-your-skin-like-iron-612159_612159.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/townes-van-zandt-25714_iron_now-you-wear-your-skin-like-iron-612159_612159.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/townes-van-zandt-25714_iron_now-you-wear-your-skin-like-iron-612159_612159.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Now you wear your skin like iron” — Townes Van Zandt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-iron/townes-van-zandt/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-iron/townes-van-zandt/", "name": "Like Iron Quotes by Townes Van Zandt", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-iron/townes-van-zandt/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/townes-van-zandt-25714_iron_now-you-wear-your-skin-like-iron-612159_612159.jpg" }, "description": "1 Like Iron quotes by Townes Van Zandt. 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