Who am I to blow against the wind?
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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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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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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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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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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Given all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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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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I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
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I don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They’re all that’s left you.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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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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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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