Warren Zevon Quotes

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• I've been to Paris. And it ain't that pretty at all.
• 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…
• I like wherever I am. That's my big secret.
• You put more value on every minute...You know I always kinda thought I did that. I really always enjoyed myself. But it's more valuable now.…
• But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
• But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.
• Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
• Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
• I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.
• I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it
• When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.
• I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did.
• I saw a Werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
• I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period…
• There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.
• We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.
• And if California slides into the ocean, as the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this hotel will be standing until I've paid…
• Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
• Regrets are so far from reality.
• To me, the message of my songs, of all songs, is "enjoy life." My message as a person who evidently doens't have much more planned…

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