Humans can't live in the present, like animals do. Humans are always thinking about the future or the past. So it's a veil of tears, man. I don't know anything that's going to benefit me now, except love. I just need an overwhelming amount of love. And a nap. Mostly a nap.
I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken. - Townes Van Zandt
I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken.
- Townes Van Zandt
What I do is between me and the Lord, to examine and possibly alter the state of grace in which I live, and thereby the state of grace of anybody who… - Townes Van Zandt
What I do is between me and the Lord, to examine and possibly alter the state of grace in which I live, and thereby the state of grace of anybody who…
Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering. - Townes Van Zandt
Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering.
I don’t envision a long life for myself. Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y’know? I’ve designed it that way. - Townes Van Zandt
I don’t envision a long life for myself. Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y’know? I’ve designed it that way.
There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah. - Townes Van Zandt
There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah.
Now the dark air is like fire on my skin, And even the moonlight is blinding - Townes Van Zandt
Now the dark air is like fire on my skin, And even the moonlight is blinding
I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal. - Townes Van Zandt
I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal.
Now you wear your skin like iron - Townes Van Zandt
Now you wear your skin like iron
I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself. - Townes Van Zandt
I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.
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