Warren Zevon

You know, you put more value on every minute … I mean, I always thought I kind of did that. I really always enjoyed myself. But it's more valuable now. You're reminded to enjoy every sandwich, and every minute of playing with the guys, and being with the kids and everything.

I'm the innocent bystander Somehow I got stuck Between the rock and the hard place And I'm down on my luck

You know I hate it when you put your hand inside my head And switch all my priorities around. Why don't you go pick on someone your own size instead?

He's the hairy-handed gent, who ran amok in Kent. Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair. You better stay away from him. He'll rip your lungs out, Jim. Huh, I'd like to meet his tailor.

So I'm gonna hurl myself against the wall, 'Cause I'd rather feel bad than not feel anything at all.

Life'll kill ya, That's what I said. Life'll kill ya, Then you'll be dead. Life'll find ya Wherever you go. Requiescat in pace That's all she wrote.

It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies … I'm sure popular music is supposed to be like this.

We made mad love: Shadow love, Random love, And abandoned love. Accidentally like a martyr. The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder

My shit's fucked up. It had to happen to the best of us. The rich folk suffer like the rest of us, It will happen to you.

I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen Doing the werewolves of London. I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's... His hair was perfect.

So much to do, there's plenty on the farm; I'll sleep when I'm dead. Saturday night I like to raise a little harm; I'll sleep when I'm dead.

Down in the basement I have a Craftsman lathe. Show it to the children When they misbehave.

They made hypocrite judgments after the fact, But the name of the game is be hit and hit back.

Send lawyers, guns and money. Dad, get me out of this!

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.