Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
PAUL SIMONTime, 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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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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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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Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They’re all that’s left you.
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Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
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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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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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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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The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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I don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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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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I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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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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The dialogue between what’s going on in the world and what’s going on internally seems to be a natural thing – well, it’s natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.
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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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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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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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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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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 feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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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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