People write because it seems like it'll be an easier job than carpet laying, that they might meet more girls. And they write because the world strikes them as being a marvelous place, and they want to keep bringing that to everybody's attention. You know ~ a scary place, a menacing place, an exciting place because it's scary and menacing. But mainly, kind of glorious.
Warren ZevonI missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.
Warren ZevonI'd like to go back to Paris someday and visit the Lourve museum, get a good running start, and hurl myself at the wall.
Warren ZevonAnd I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
Warren Zevon