Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
PAUL SIMONHaving 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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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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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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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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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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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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