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.
PAUL SIMONI met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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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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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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Given all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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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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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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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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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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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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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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Artie is a singer, and I’m a writer and player and a singer. We didn’t work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.
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In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down, or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame “I am leaving! I am leaving” but the fighter still remains.
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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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