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" We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry. "

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" 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. "

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" Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die. "

" 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. "

" Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio. "

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" Listen to the sound of silence. "

" I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it. "

" Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out. "

" We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But I found it impossible to hold a dialogue with 500,000 people. In a certain sense, it was numbing. "

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

" Who am I to blow against the wind? "

" I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work. "

" There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful. "

" Improvisation is too good to leave to chance. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work. "

" 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. "

" I don't like fashion. It's very heartless. "

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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. "

" Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success. "

" 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? "