My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
PAUL SIMONWe work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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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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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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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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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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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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I’m always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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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 want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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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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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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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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