I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
If I had five minutes to live, I don't think I'd be bothered singing a song. I'd be dead, so it won't… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I have travelled and been pretty much a one man operation for most of my career, and I think it'll continue to… — 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
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
You just do the best you can. It doesn't necessarily mean that you have to get worse the more you do it.… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I think I'm the oldest new Bob Dylan around. I predate Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbat and John Prine. I was probably the… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I love failure. It's stuff that I'm thinking about all the time in my life, so it would make sense to me… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
In a way, the songs are written to be performed. I put them on records, but I'm always thinking about how an… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I studied acting and there's certainly an element of performance. I think that the songs are in many ways written to be… — 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
