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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.

Warren Zevon

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Warren Zevon
Age: 56 †
Born: 1947
Born: January 24
Died: 2003
Died: September 7
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don't let us get sick, don't let us get old, don't let us get stupid, alright? just make us be brave, and make us play nice, and let us be together tonight.
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Excitable boy, they all said, he killed and raped her and brought her home.
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I've been to Paris. And it ain't that pretty at all.
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If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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Regrets are so far from reality.
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