When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
PAUL SIMONArtie is a singer, and I’m a writer and player and a singer. We didn’t work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.
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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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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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Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
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