Warren Zevon citáty

Warren William Zevon byl americký rockový zpěvák a skladatel známý svými kontroverzními texty, často s politickou tematikou.

Mezi nejznámější písně patří např. Werewolves of London, Lawyers, Guns and Money a Keep Me In Your Heart. Nejznámější deska je pravděpodobně album Excitable Boy, vydané roku 1978 a remasterované roku 2007.

Nazpíval cover verze písní některých známých autorů jako je Leonard Cohen nebo Bob Dylan . Wikipedia  

✵ 24. leden 1947 – 7. září 2003
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Warren Zevon citáty a výroky

„Když máte štěstí, mají lidi rádi něco z toho, co děláte zpočátku, i něco z toho, co děláte těsně předtím, než natáhnete brka. To představuje tolik poplácání po zádech, kolik si jen můžete přát.“

Zdroj: [Kohut, Joe, Kohut, John J., Rockecy aneb Kniha rockových citátů, Ladislav Šenkyřík, Volvox Globator, Praha, 1996, 1, 153, 77, 80-7207-016-9]

Warren Zevon: Citáty anglicky

“I can saw a woman in two.
But you won't want to look in the box when I do”

"For My Next Trick I'll Need A Volunteer"
Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

“Sickness, doctors, that scares me, not violence — helplessness. That's why I turn to violent stories.”

As quoted in "Warren Zevon Dies" by Andrew Dansby, in Rolling Stone (8 September 2003) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/warren-zevon-dies-250309/

“Except in dreams, you're never really free.”

"Desperados Under the Eaves"
Warren Zevon (1976)

“I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.”

As quoted in "Warren Zevon: Singer-songwriter author of 'Werewolves of London'" by Spencer Leigh, The Independent (9 September 2003) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/warren-zevon-548722.html

“From what I know about alcoholism, I'd say there's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave — nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.”

As quoted in "Warren Zevon's Resurrection: How he saved himself from a coward's death" http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5935191/warren_zevons_resurrection/print by Paul Nelson, Rolling Stone (19 March 1981)

“When I was young, times were hard.
When I got older it was worse.”

"The Long Arm of the Law"
Transverse City (1989)

“Down in the basement
I have a Craftsman lathe.
Show it to the children
When they misbehave.”

"Model Citizen", written by Warren Zevon, LeRoy Marinell, and Waddy Wachtel
Mr. Bad Example (1991)

“So I'm gonna hurl myself against the wall,
'Cause I'd rather feel bad than not feel anything at all.”

"Ain't That Pretty At All", written by Warren Zevon and LeRoy Marinell
The Envoy (1982)

“I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand,
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain.
He was looking for a place called Le Ho Fooks.
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein.”

"Werewolves of London", written by Warren Zevon, LeRoy Marinell, and Waddy Wachtel; this was voted best opening line of all time in a BBC radio poll
Excitable Boy (1978)

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

As quoted in "My Lunch with Warren Zevon" by David Bowman,Salon.com (17 March 2000)

“Well, I went home with the waitress
The way I always do
How was I to know
She was with the Russians, too”

"Lawyers, Guns And Money" · YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP5Xv7QqXiM
Excitable Boy (1978)

“We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven.”

"The Indifference of Heaven"
Mutineer (1995)

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