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Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.

Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.

It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him.

And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.

You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.

If you'll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.

People say a lie is just a lie, but I say why deny the obvious child.

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.

The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.

The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell
and not give a damn at the same time.

Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.

The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.

Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales.

Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door.

Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.

The death penalty is reserved for people who do not

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.

You can't outrun the history train

Serious numbers will speak to us always.

And you read your emily dickinson,
And I my robert frost.
And we note our place with bookmarkers
That measure what weve lost.

Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.

I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried ... I am a rock.

Couple in the next room bound to win a prize, they've been going at it all night long.

Jay Ashby is simply a great musician!

It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure ...

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

Everything looks worse in black and white.

Maybe I think too much for my own good.

Listen to the sound of silence.

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.

These are the days of lasers in the jungle, staccato signals of constant information ...

Sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.

All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That's the whole point.

There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.

I have my books and poetry to protect me

I get the news I need on the weather report
And I have nothing to do today but smile

We're living in a certain time, and we're aware of it. And that's part of what we're aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.

Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.

One man's ceiling is another man's floor.

People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I'm learning as I go.

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

The students of Gallaudet have sent a powerful message across this country!

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

When I first heard Elvis perform "Bridge Over Trouble Water" it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?

Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.

Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.

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.

There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.

Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on.

Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.

Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.

All I've got to do today is smile.

Facts can be turned into art if one is artful enough.

Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

And all the people said 'What a shame that he's dead, but wasn't he a most peculiar man?

These are the days of miracle and wonder.

Medicine is magical and magical is art, the boy in the bubble, and the baby with the baboon heart.

I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.

She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said 'Be careful his bowtie is really a camera'

We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys.

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

I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.

It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.

A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest. - Paraphrased from The Boxer

You can burn down my churches. But I shall be free.

The only time that love is an easy game is when two other people are playing it.

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.

A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time

When I was a young reporter, the great vice among journalists was whiskey. Today, it's cynicism.

I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.

The risk of failure is part of the fun of what I do.

I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.

Well I'm on my way
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way I'm taking my time
But I don't know where

She said a good day ain't got no rain
She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed
And I think of things that might have been

What threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card but a number of other things.

By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.

The public hungers to see talented young people kill themselves.

The phrasing didn't work as well.

The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again

So I'll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.

Who am I to blow against the wind?

It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.

I've got nothing to do today but smile.

Love is an island in the setting sun

The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.

A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest.

It was easier than explaining DiMaggio's use as a metaphor.

How can you live in the Northeast?

Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.

Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates.
The earth is blue.
And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.

The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.

I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers, still crazy after all these years.

Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won't come undone.

How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.

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

I always get very calm with baseball.

Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.