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.
PAUL SIMONCecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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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 words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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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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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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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 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 record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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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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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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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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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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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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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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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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