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" The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains. "
Paul Simon
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" Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio. "
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" Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent. "
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" How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I always get very calm with baseball. "
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" The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it. "
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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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" Improvisation is too good to leave to chance. "
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" There must be 50 ways to leave your lover. "
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" A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest. "
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" All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. "
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" You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen. "
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" One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it. "
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" Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success. "
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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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" I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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? "
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" People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music. "
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