The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
PAUL SIMONI 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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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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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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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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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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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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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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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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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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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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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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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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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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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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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
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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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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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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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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 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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So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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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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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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