Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
PAUL SIMON
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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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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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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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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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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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