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.
PAUL SIMONWe’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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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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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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And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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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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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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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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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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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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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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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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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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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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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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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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After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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