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I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did.

Warren Zevon

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Warren Zevon
Age: 56 †
Born: 1947
Born: January 24
Died: 2003
Died: September 7
Guitarist
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Chicago
Illinois
Sandy Zevon
Stephen Lyme
Warren William Zevon
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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.
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You're suppose to sit on your ass and nod at stupid things.
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They say love conquers all You can't start it like a car You can't stop it with a gun.
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When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.
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Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.
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But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
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I like wherever I am. That's my big secret.
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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 is the same. It's the only message I ever thought art had any business having.
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I went to law school and took a law degree, and counseled all my clients to plead insanity.
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My memory is not even what most peoples is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.
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