I had a hip replacement a couple of years ago. I have a song about that. And why wouldn't you? It strikes me that that was a huge event. It's kind of funny and horrible and interesting, so why wouldn't one write about that?
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… - Loudon Wainwright Iii
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…
- Loudon Wainwright Iii
It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel. - Loudon Wainwright Iii
It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.
Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it. - Loudon Wainwright Iii
Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it.
Geoff Muldaur was and is one of my musical heroes. When I listen to him sing and play, I can hear the coal mine, the cotton field, and last, but cert… - Loudon Wainwright Iii
Geoff Muldaur was and is one of my musical heroes. When I listen to him sing and play, I can hear the coal mine, the cotton field, and last, but cert…
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
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.
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 c… - Loudon Wainwright Iii
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 c…
Why kill good people just to get a bad man? - Loudon Wainwright Iii
Why kill good people just to get a bad man?
After a war, after a concentration camp, I find it's not too difficult to be happy. - Loudon Wainwright Iii
After a war, after a concentration camp, I find it's not too difficult to be happy.
When a parent dies, the whole house of cards comes down. - Loudon Wainwright Iii
When a parent dies, the whole house of cards comes down.
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