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 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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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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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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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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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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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.
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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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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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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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How can you live in the Northeast?
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
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I 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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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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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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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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