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" All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. "
Hear
He
Still
" A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest. "
Man
He
Rest
" Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work. "
Work
Anybody
Bad
" 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. "
Level
Singer
Together
" Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do the show with my band; he just wanted me on acoustic guitar. "
Guitar
Band
Me
" As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death. "
Long
Innocent
People
" Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good. "
Myself
Good
Mean
" Facts can be turned into art if one is artful enough. "
Artful
Art
Enough
" Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone. "
Island
Everyone
Sun
" 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. "
People
Up
Live
" How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony. "
Sing
You
Background
" I always get very calm with baseball. "
Calm
Get
Very
" I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that. "
Believe
Saying
Just
" I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing. "
I Can
Hope
Growing
" 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. "
Feel
Pressure
Myself
" I don't like fashion. It's very heartless. "
Very
Fashion
Heartless
" I don't think that Simon and Garfunkel as a live act compares to Simon and Garfunkel as a studio act. "
Think
Compares
Act
" I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do. "
Say
Job
Good Job
" 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. "
Humor
Lose
Special
" I lived in an attached house. My father used to drive into the wrong driveway all the time. He'd say, Damn it, how do you tell one of these houses from another? "
Father
Drive
Say
" I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent. "
Interested
Invent
More
" I'm not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music. I can't imagine myself not playing or singing or writing. It would just drive me crazy if I didn't. "
Money
Myself
Music
" Improvisation is too good to leave to chance. "
Too
Improvisation
Good
" I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings. "
People
Him
Emotion
" I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it. "
See
Last
I See
" I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives. "
Though
Artist
Life
" I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs. "
Great
Good
Bridge
" I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it. "
Get
Superior
Want
" 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. "
Heart
Think
Try
" It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him. "
Like
Think
Work
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