There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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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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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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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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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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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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 don’t very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to 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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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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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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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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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