She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
PAUL SIMONMaybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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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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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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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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I’m always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
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The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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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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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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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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