The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
PAUL SIMONPeople 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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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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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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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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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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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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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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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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And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
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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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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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