Warren Zevon Quotes

My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think... view

By: Warren Zevon

I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is... view

By: Warren Zevon

Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music... view

By: Warren Zevon

Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember... view

By: Warren Zevon

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

By: Warren Zevon

You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles... view

By: Warren Zevon

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

By: Warren Zevon

But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals... view

By: Warren Zevon

I don't like piano solos... view

By: Warren Zevon

That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business... view

By: Warren Zevon

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

By: Warren Zevon

Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well... view

By: Warren Zevon

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... view

By: Warren Zevon

Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time... view

By: Warren Zevon

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

By: Warren Zevon

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging... view

By: Warren Zevon

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

By: Warren Zevon

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

By: Warren Zevon

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 of music, obviously... view

By: Warren Zevon

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

By: Warren Zevon

I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions... view

By: Warren Zevon

I remember certain lines and whose they are... view

By: Warren Zevon

I wish I sang better... view

By: Warren Zevon

I'll sleep when I'm dead... view

By: Warren Zevon

Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off... view

By: Warren Zevon

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... view

By: Warren Zevon

The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano... view

By: Warren Zevon

I have no guitar technique... view

By: Warren Zevon

My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums... view

By: Warren Zevon

Piano is like drudgery... view

By: Warren Zevon

Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too... view

By: Warren Zevon

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

By: Warren Zevon

Dylan can do no wrong... view

By: Warren Zevon

I'm not a big jazz fan... view

By: Warren Zevon

Enjoy every sandwich... view

By: Warren Zevon

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

By: Warren Zevon