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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.

Paul Simon

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
Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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Myself Serious Talk
Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
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Myself Possible See Time
Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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Change Same Strange
It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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Explaining Metaphor
All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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One Liner Smile
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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Silence Sound Word Writing
It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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Age Time
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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Camera Care Man Myself
You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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Beautiful Life Yourself
After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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Automatic Necessary Nervous Scare Try Yourself
I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
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Art Essence Happiness Myself Willing Work
When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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Betrayal Music Myself Record
All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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Enjoyment God Love Point Requirement
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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Emotional Feeling Listening Myself Reveal Right Sentimental
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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Company Finish Myself Record Stay

And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.

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