Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
PAUL SIMONAfter all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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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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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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I don’t very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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Artie 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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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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