Warren Zevon Quotes
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The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.
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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 write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.
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My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.
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Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
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So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.
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I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember.
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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.
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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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Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.
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I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.
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I'm not a big jazz fan.
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But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.
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I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.
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Piano is like drudgery.
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I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.
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My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think.