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> [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 the past.](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/)

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> [Humans can't live in the present, like animals do. Humans are always thinking about the future or the past. So it's a veil of tears, man. I don't know anything that's going to benefit me now, except love. I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townes-van-zandt/humans-can-t-live-in-the-present-like-animals-do-humans-are-always/)

[Townes Van Zandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townes-van-zandt/)

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## 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/)

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