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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. "

Paul Simon

Feel

Pressure

Myself

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Band

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" When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets. "

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Streets

Songs

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" I always get very calm with baseball. "

" 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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Man

Rest

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Bridge

Great

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