I guess I can be surprised I'm alive. I'm taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
When my mother died, and when my father died, it's big. Our parents are giants; they're titans of our lives, so of… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I don't claim to be a particularly good father. I'm flawed, let's say. I've certainly been affected by the experience of having… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
You always want to break away from your parents, and you always think, 'I'm never going to be like that guy.' What… — 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
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 hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn't want… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
The big things in the average person's life are the romances that they have - and then the destruction and loss of… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers. — 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. It can… — 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 not so… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it. — 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 else had… — 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 be argued… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
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 Image
