I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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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’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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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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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They’re all that’s left you.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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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?
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People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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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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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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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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Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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People talking without speaking, People listening without hearing, Sounds of Silence.
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Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
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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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She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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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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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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