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There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same pedals, so the sounds tend to be the same. I am looking for different ways of doing that without having to spend days and weeks and months fooling around with pedals, which I don't enjoy.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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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 have my books And my poetry to protect me I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island.
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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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It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.
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People talking without speaking,/ People listening without hearing...Sounds of Silence.
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A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time
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I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable they were so powerful that you couldn't really escape the influence.
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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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I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.
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I've got nothing to do today but smile.
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The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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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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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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We were always able to sing and blend well together that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys.
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The risk of failure is part of the fun of what I do.
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