Warren Zevon

“Piano is like drudgery.”

“I have no guitar technique.”

“Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.”

“Dylan can do no wrong.”

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

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

“I don't like piano solos.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Enjoy every sandwich.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions.”

“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.”

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