I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
PAUL SIMONWhy am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion.
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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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I don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
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