Warren Zevon Quotes

American rock musician (1947–2003)

Warren William Zevon (24 January 1947 – 7 September 2003) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his sometimes sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.

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Native Name: Warren William Zevon

Alternative Names: Sandy Zevon • Stephen Lyme • Stumpy Zevon • Zevon

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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.

Except in dreams, you're never really free.

And if California slides into the ocean Like the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill.<p>Don't the sun look angry through the trees? Don't the trees look like crucified thieves? Don't you feel like Desperados under the eaves? Heaven help the one who leaves.

Carmelita hold me tighter, I think I'm sinking down. And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town.

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.

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.

I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.

She's so many women, He can't find the one who was his friend. So he's hanging on to half her heart. He can't have the restless part, So he tells her to hasten down the wind.