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Who am I to blow against the wind?

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
Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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Believe Brick Myself Natural Power Wall
Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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Breakdown Heart Broken
Who am I to blow against the wind?
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Blow Myself Wind
People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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Feeling Learning Myself Old People Question
A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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Challenge Simplicity Supreme Time
All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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One Liner Smile
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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Fact Job Ourselves Slide 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
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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Lost Measurement Note Place Reading
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
Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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Mystery Simplicity
Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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Existence Heart Myself
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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Creativity Myself Player Preparation Sing Singer Writing
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
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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Expectation History Live People Record Success Yourself

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