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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And she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
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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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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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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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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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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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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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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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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down, or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame “I am leaving! I am leaving” but the fighter still remains.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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