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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.

Paul Simon

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?
PAUL SIMON

Impossible Music Myself Song
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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Creativity Myself Player Preparation Sing Singer Writing
How can you live in the Northeast?
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Live Place
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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Growth Hope Myself Talent
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.
PAUL SIMON

Automatic Necessary Nervous Scare Try Yourself
We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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Believe Better Hope Life Survive
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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Company Finish Myself Record Stay
Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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Burst Glory Song Sound
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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Kind Magic Music People Perfection
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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Art Essence Happiness Myself Willing Work
A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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Challenge Simplicity Supreme Time
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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Creation Humor Lose Serious Time Yourself
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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Lost Measurement Note Place Reading
Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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Chance Goodness Improvement Leave
It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
PAUL SIMON

Difficult Goodness Simplicity
If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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Body Friendship Guard Myself

I have my books and my poetry to protect me.

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