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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.

Paul Simon

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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Eat Food Inspiration Myself
I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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Book Myself Poetry Protection
I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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Angry Heart Jealous Myself Soul
A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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Challenge Simplicity Supreme Time
There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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Crime Leave Moments Time
There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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Break Up Leave Lover
I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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Day Myself Self Love Smile
Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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Avenue Communication Music
We’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
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Aware Live Myself Pain Personal Time
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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Myself Natural Thinking World
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
The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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Phrase Well Work
Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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Believe Brick Myself Natural Power Wall
The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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Care Time Trick Yourself
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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Death Each Other Friendship Hope Peace Regret
I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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Myself Photograph Song Writing

Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.

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