Warren Zevon

“You used to be the best to make life be real to me,and I hope that you're still out there and you're like you used to be”

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

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

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

“I wish I sang better.”

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

“I remember certain lines and whose they are.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I'll sleep when I'm dead.”

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

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

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

“I'm not a big jazz fan.”

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

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