There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
PAUL SIMONWe’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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Given all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
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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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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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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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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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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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She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
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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’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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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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