I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
PAUL SIMONCecilia 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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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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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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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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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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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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