Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
PAUL SIMONThe thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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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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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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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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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
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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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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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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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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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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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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 don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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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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