Quotes from Warren Zevon

At least I've had one foot in a very normal kind of life.

I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.

Speaking as one who has abused privilege a long time, I tell you, it's great to be alive.

I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.

They say love conquers all You can't start it like a car You can't stop it with a gun.

It took me 10 years to realize that I don't know 'em, 10 years to realize that it's possible to learn them, then another 10 years to learn how to do things.

So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.

We love to buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read

Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.

And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.

Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade.

LeRoy says there's something you should know, not everybody has a place to go. And home is just a place to hang your head, and dream of things to do in Denver when you're dead.

Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.

I'm not a big jazz fan.

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

I'll sleep when I'm dead.

We made mad love shadow love random love and abandoned love. Accidentally like a martyr. The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder.

I can saw a woman in two - but you won't want to look in the box when I'm through.

I don't like piano solos.

My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.

Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.

I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions.

I'd like to go back to Paris someday and visit the Lourve museum, get a good running start, and hurl myself at the wall.

Dylan can do no wrong.