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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.

Paul Simon

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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Artistic Change Finding Interesting Life Myself
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
There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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People Silence Talk Thinking
One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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Floor Man Oneself
Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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Existence Heart Myself
So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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End Flower Life Myself Pretend Rain
Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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Mystery Simplicity
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
We’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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Aware Live Myself Pain Personal Time
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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Learning Myself Thinking Wonder
The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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Laughter Myself Thinking
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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Album Myself Record Writing
The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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Abstract Beginning Creation Interesting Music Song Writing
Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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Herself Kiss Lover Myself Realize
Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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Expectation History Live People Record Success Yourself
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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Eat Food Inspiration Myself

Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.

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