The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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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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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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 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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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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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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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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