How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
PAUL SIMONWhen 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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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 phrasing didn’t work as well.
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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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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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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 record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion.
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And she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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The dialogue between what’s going on in the world and what’s going on internally seems to be a natural thing – well, it’s natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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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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We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
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