I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn't want to be a writer and wanted to be an actor instead. I wanted to go in a total different direction. But, of course, I ended up being a writer anyway.
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…
Why kill good people just to get a bad man? - Loudon Wainwright Iii
Why kill good people just to get a bad man?
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…
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.
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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