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It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies... I'm sure popular music is supposed to be like this.

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Warren Zevon
Age: 56 †
Born: 1947
Born: January 24
Died: 2003
Died: September 7
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Chicago
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That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.
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Piano is like drudgery.
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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. You're reminded to enjoy every sandwich and every minute.
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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.
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Can't you just imagine digging up the King, begging him to sing about those heavenly mansions Jesus mentioned.
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I'm drinking here break motor oil and Bombay gin, I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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Speaking as one who has abused privilege a long time, I tell you, it's great to be alive.
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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.
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I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.
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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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It's hard to find a girl with a heart of gold, when you're living in a four letter world.
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I like wherever I am. That's my big secret.
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Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.
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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'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in.
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I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.
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The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.
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The hurt gets worse as the heart grows harder.
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I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions.
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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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