Loudon Wainwright III Quotes

My feeling is that, and I've been writing about my family over the years, although it might make them feel uncomfortable, people generally like to be written about. If I've written a song about the family, they enjoy being mentioned in the songs. Nobody's confronted me and said 'don't write any songs about me.'
Loudon Wainwright III

I studied acting and there's certainly an element of performance. I think that the songs are in many ways written to be performed. I think about what it's going to be like to sing them on stage rather than what it's going to be like to have someone at home listening to them on a CD. I guess in that way there's a connection between my acting experience and the songwriting and the way the songs are written.
Loudon Wainwright III

I sing the songs and often people will laugh or not laugh or both even in one song. I think that's a good thing. People will ask 'why did you write that funny song' or 'why did you put that joke in that song- I was really digging it until then.' If you get people laughing, they're disarmed to a certain degree and they're listening and really engaging and you can slip one past them too (laughs).
Loudon Wainwright III