“I don't envision a very long life for myself. I think my life will run...” — Townes Van Zandt Quote

“I don't envision a very long life for myself. I think my life will run out before my work does. I've designed it that way.”

“I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.”

“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.”

“With regard to what is designed really well, I think people are the best-designed objects in the world. Seriously.”

“I am grateful to those directors who actually designed roles for me.”

“I didn't know people can be good. I didn't know people are designed to be good and help one another.”