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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

Paul Simon

I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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Beginning Known See Writing Yourself
It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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Age Time
The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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Better Heart Life Ourselves Thinking
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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Description Fans Feeling Happiness Myself Pressure State
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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Beginning Fake Possible Simplicity Start True Way
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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Eyes Lonely Nation 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
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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Innocence Memories Preservation Time Yourself
The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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Phrase Well Work
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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Back Discussion Freedom Need Planning Yourself
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
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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Live Magic Movie Pieces Song
Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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Burst Glory Song Sound
Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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Body Bone Heart
Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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Evidence Faith Hope Line Sun
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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Impossible Music Myself Song

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