And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
- Warren Zevon
Think, Very, Figure, None
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.
- Warren Zevon
Some, Been, Berry, Lacking
Piano is like drudgery.
- Warren Zevon
Piano, Like, Drudgery
But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.
- Warren Zevon
Songwriting, Line, Between, Arranging
Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off.
- Warren Zevon
Going, Might, Made, Phobias
The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.
- Warren Zevon
Rock, Piano, Rock N Roll, Primary
Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time.
- Warren Zevon
Time, Blonde, Every Time, Dylan
Dylan can do no wrong.
- Warren Zevon
Wrong, Dylan
I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.
- Warren Zevon
Composers, Classical, Saw, Hendrix
You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
- Warren Zevon
Town, Part, Waters, None
So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.
- Warren Zevon
Think, Tell, I Think, Lessons
Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
- Warren Zevon
Like, Roll, Yeah, Um
Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.
- Warren Zevon
Presentation, Stage, Studio, Enables
My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.
- Warren Zevon
Album, Like, John, Terrible
I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.
- Warren Zevon
By The Time, Thoroughly, Intimidating
I don't like piano solos.
- Warren Zevon
Piano, Like, Solos
I remember certain lines and whose they are.
- Warren Zevon
Remember, I Remember, Lines
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.
- Warren Zevon
Learn, Another, Took, Realize
Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.
- Warren Zevon
Stage, Album, Mine, Demo
My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think.
- Warren Zevon
Think, I Think, Boxer, Particular
Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade.
- Warren Zevon
Decade, Been, Most, Touring
Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.
- Warren Zevon
Think, Got, Ever, Folk
My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.
- Warren Zevon
Memory, Most, Even, Discussion
Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember.
- Warren Zevon
Remember, Well, Playing, Piano
That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.
- Warren Zevon
Business, Think, I Think, Agreeable
I wish I sang better.
- Warren Zevon
Wish, Better, I Wish, Sang
Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
- Warren Zevon
Hero, Loved, Him, Idol
I have no guitar technique.
- Warren Zevon
Guitar, Technique
I'm not a big jazz fan.
- Warren Zevon
Big, Fan, Jazz
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
- Warren Zevon
Death, Dead, Sleep
But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
- Warren Zevon
Better, Like, Than, Originals
I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
- Warren Zevon
Kid, Young, Had, Young Kid
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