By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
PAUL SIMONAnd she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
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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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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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The dialogue between what’s going on in the world and what’s going on internally seems to be a natural thing – well, it’s natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.
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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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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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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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We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
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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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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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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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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 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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