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.
PAUL SIMONJust 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 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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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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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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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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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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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.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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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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I don’t very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
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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’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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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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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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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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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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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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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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