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PAUL SIMONWhy am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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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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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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Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
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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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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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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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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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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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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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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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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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