"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one."
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"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence."
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"Improvisation is too good to leave to chance."
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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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"Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind."
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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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"Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall."
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"And she said 'Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you're blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.'"
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"I've got nothing to do today but smile."
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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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"Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo."
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"It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good."
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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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"These are the days of miracle and wonder."
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"No one dare disturb the sound of silence..."
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"And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you"
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"The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains."
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"...music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists."
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"Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?"
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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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