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Loudon Wainwright III Quotes

When you start performing, you realize that you have to separate yourself from the pack. So I would never wear bell-bottoms, which everybody else was wearing. I had short hair - and to see a 21-year-old guy walk onstage without longish hair was, in itself, weird. Every entertainer needs a shtick Picture Quote #1

I was a smoker for years. Occasionally I slip and have a cigarette. Remarkably, my voice has held up. I’m grateful, obviously. But I don’t gargle with honey and ground-up bird eggs. I have no secrets Picture Quote #1

I don’t think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to records when I was a teenager, the folk boom was going on Picture Quote #1

I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late 60s at Carnegie Mellon Picture Quote #1

My music comes from country music. Merle Haggard is God, and I do believe that. I’m not too tuned in to country music. I don’t know who Brooks and Dunn are. I like Shania Twain, though! Picture Quote #1

It’s nice when people say, ‘God, I’ve been listening to you since 1963 or 1985, or whatever.’ I appreciate anybody who goes out and buys music these days Picture Quote #1

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I don’t claim to be a particularly good father. I’m flawed, let’s say. I’ve certainly been affected by the experience of having kids... trying to be a father, at least. It’s an amazing process. It’s like songwriting: it’s a complete mystery to me. I don’t understand it - but I’ve certainly written about it Picture Quote #1

You always want to break away from your parents, and you always think, ‘I’m never going to be like that guy.’ What I’ve discovered is you kind of wind up becoming your parents, which is also a cliche in itself. My father, despite the fact that he’s been dead for over 25 years, he’s been a huge influence on me Picture Quote #1

If you’re 28 and singing about being over the hill, you’re pretending. When you’re 67 and singing about it, you know what you’re talking about Picture Quote #1

The big things in the average person’s life are the romances that they have - and then the destruction and loss of them. Parents, siblings, children, the death of parents, family tension... these are monumental things. They struck me as being interesting to write about. I didn’t have a very exotic life, but all this stuff happened to me Picture Quote #1

I think I’m the oldest new Bob Dylan around. I predate Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbat and John Prine. I was probably the first of the new Bob Dylans Picture Quote #1

Family life is tough, I’ll say that for it. But in my case, I’ve mined the family. In a sense, I’ve used it. I’ve used what happened - the different events, the births of children, birthdays. Connecting, not connecting. Regret, shame, guilt. I mean, they’re all in the songs. And love, too, I hasten to add Picture Quote #1

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I know that people don’t listen to music much in the way when they’ll put on a CD, sit down, have a drink or go on a car journey. People pick and choose and just listen to tracks. But when I make a record, I try to think about it as a 50 minute musical journey, so the mood is very important, as is the sequence of the songs Picture Quote #1

I love failure. It’s stuff that I’m thinking about all the time in my life, so it would make sense to me anyway to write about it Picture Quote #1

When my mother died, and when my father died, it’s big. Our parents are giants; they’re titans of our lives, so of course it’s going to be a big deal Picture Quote #1

As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they’re really interesting, good singers Picture Quote #1

I guess I can be surprised I’m alive. I’m taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young person. My father died when he was 63. My mother made it to 74. My grandparents, God, they were dropping like flies Picture Quote #1

I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn’t want to be a writer and wanted to be an actor instead. I wanted to go in a total different direction. But, of course, I ended up being a writer anyway Picture Quote #1

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I think I’m great. I mean, I might as well come out and say it. Like most people, I have an ego and I’m in show business, so you have to have kind of a healthy, conflagrated ego to a degree. On the other hand, I’m consumed, like a lot of people, with self-doubt and loathing and guilt Picture Quote #1

Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it Picture Quote #1

When a parent dies, the whole house of cards comes down Picture Quote #1

Why kill good people just to get a bad man? Picture Quote #1

I’ve been writing about growing old for some time, really from the beginning of my career. It’s something I’m apparently hung up about and now that I am old, hopefully I speak about it with some authority Picture Quote #1

After a war, after a concentration camp, I find it’s not too difficult to be happy Picture Quote #1

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Who was that fatman buried in your place? Just another imitator, plastic surgeons did his face Picture Quote #1

When you have a song on the radio your career and your life changes maybe for the better and maybe for the not so good depending on how it’s going that day Picture Quote #1

If you’re 28 and singing about being over the hill, you’re pretending. When you’re 67 and singing about it, you know what you’re talking about Picture Quote #1

When you make a record, you listen to it literally hundreds of times. When it’s done and you can’t do anything else, I never listen to my records Picture Quote #1

If I had five minutes to live, I don’t think I’d be bothered singing a song. I’d be dead, so it won’t really matter. I’d have a glass of wine and a cigarette Picture Quote #1

As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they’re really interesting, good singers Picture Quote #1

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When you start performing, you realize that you have to separate yourself from the pack. So I would never wear bell-bottoms, which everybody else was wearing. I had short hair - and to see a 21-year-old guy walk onstage without longish hair was, in itself, weird. Every entertainer needs a shtick. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) I was a smoker for years. Occasionally I slip and have a cigarette. Remarkably, my voice has held up. I’m grateful, obviously. But I don’t gargle with honey and ground-up bird eggs. I have no secrets (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) I don’t think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to records when I was a teenager, the folk boom was going on (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late 60s at Carnegie Mellon (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) My music comes from country music. Merle Haggard is God, and I do believe that. I’m not too tuned in to country music. I don’t know who Brooks and Dunn are. I like Shania Twain, though! (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) It’s nice when people say, ‘God, I’ve been listening to you since 1963 or 1985, or whatever.’ I appreciate anybody who goes out and buys music these days (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) I don’t claim to be a particularly good father. I’m flawed, let’s say. I’ve certainly been affected by the experience of having kids... trying to be a father, at least. It’s an amazing process. It’s like songwriting: it’s a complete mystery to me. I don’t understand it - but I’ve certainly written about it. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) You always want to break away from your parents, and you always think, ‘I’m never going to be like that guy.’ What I’ve discovered is you kind of wind up becoming your parents, which is also a cliche in itself. My father, despite the fact that he’s been dead for over 25 years, he’s been a huge influence on me. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) If you’re 28 and singing about being over the hill, you’re pretending. When you’re 67 and singing about it, you know what you’re talking about. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) The big things in the average person’s life are the romances that they have - and then the destruction and loss of them. Parents, siblings, children, the death of parents, family tension... these are monumental things. They struck me as being interesting to write about. I didn’t have a very exotic life, but all this stuff happened to me. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) I think I’m the oldest new Bob Dylan around. I predate Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbat and John Prine. I was probably the first of the new Bob Dylans (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) Family life is tough, I’ll say that for it. But in my case, I’ve mined the family. In a sense, I’ve used it. I’ve used what happened - the different events, the births of children, birthdays. Connecting, not connecting. Regret, shame, guilt. I mean, they’re all in the songs. And love, too, I hasten to add. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) I know that people don’t listen to music much in the way when they’ll put on a CD, sit down, have a drink or go on a car journey. People pick and choose and just listen to tracks. But when I make a record, I try to think about it as a 50 minute musical journey, so the mood is very important, as is the sequence of the songs. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) I love failure. It’s stuff that I’m thinking about all the time in my life, so it would make sense to me anyway to write about it. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) When my mother died, and when my father died, it’s big. Our parents are giants; they’re titans of our lives, so of course it’s going to be a big deal. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they’re really interesting, good singers. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) I guess I can be surprised I’m alive. I’m taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young person. My father died when he was 63. My mother made it to 74. My grandparents, God, they were dropping like flies. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn’t want to be a writer and wanted to be an actor instead. I wanted to go in a total different direction. But, of course, I ended up being a writer anyway. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) I think I’m great. I mean, I might as well come out and say it. Like most people, I have an ego and I’m in show business, so you have to have kind of a healthy, conflagrated ego to a degree. On the other hand, I’m consumed, like a lot of people, with self-doubt and loathing and guilt. (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) When a parent dies, the whole house of cards comes down (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) Why kill good people just to get a bad man? (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) I’ve been writing about growing old for some time, really from the beginning of my career. It’s something I’m apparently hung up about and now that I am old, hopefully I speak about it with some authority (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) After a war, after a concentration camp, I find it’s not too difficult to be happy (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) Who was that fatman buried in your place? Just another imitator, plastic surgeons did his face (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) When you have a song on the radio your career and your life changes maybe for the better and maybe for the not so good depending on how it’s going that day (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) If you’re 28 and singing about being over the hill, you’re pretending. When you’re 67 and singing about it, you know what you’re talking about (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) When you make a record, you listen to it literally hundreds of times. When it’s done and you can’t do anything else, I never listen to my records (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) If I had five minutes to live, I don’t think I’d be bothered singing a song. I’d be dead, so it won’t really matter. I’d have a glass of wine and a cigarette (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes) As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they’re really interesting, good singers (Loudon Wainwright III Quotes)

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