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I have my books and my poetry to protect me

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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
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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.
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Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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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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...everything looks worse in black and white.
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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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Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we'll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down... or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame I am leaving! I am leaving but the fighter still remains.
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To get the stuff out of you, especially if what you're dealing with is yourself, requires you to open up and touch tender spots. You have to be anesthetized a little bit.
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I've got nothing to do today but smile.
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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.
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She said, why don't we both just sleep on it tonight, And I believe, in the morning you'll begin to see the light. And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, There must be fifty ways to leave your lover, fifty ways to leave your lover.
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