I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
PAUL SIMONI 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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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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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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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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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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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down, or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame “I am leaving! I am leaving” but the fighter still remains.
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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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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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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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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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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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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
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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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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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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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And she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
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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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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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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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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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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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