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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.

Paul Simon

The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
PAUL SIMON

Course Life Run Time
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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Betrayal Music Myself Record
When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.
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Learning Myself Thinking Wonder
Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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Burst Glory Song Sound
Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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Change Same Strange
I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
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Home Myself Winter
I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
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Art Essence Happiness Myself Willing Work
I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
PAUL SIMON

Angry Heart Jealous Myself Soul
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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Silence Sound Word Writing
One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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Floor Man Oneself
I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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Myself Photograph Song Writing
Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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Breakdown Heart Broken
There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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Hope Nostalgia Romantic Sound Training
A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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Challenge Simplicity Supreme Time
People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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Feeling Learning Myself Old People Question
I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
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Eat Food Inspiration Myself

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