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Yesterday's songs Don't stay around long, Not much anymore. Yesterday's words Don't make themselves heard Like they did before. (Neil Diamond)
Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything. View quote
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Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory. View quote
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Because my musical training has been limited, I've never been restricted by what technical musicians might call a song. View quote
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There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes from. View quote
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Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life. View quote
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Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune. View quote
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Pride is the chief cause in the decline in the number of husbands and wives. View quote
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'I am,' I said To no one there, And no one heard at all. View quote
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I thought love was more or less a giving thing. Seems the more I gave, the less I got. View quote
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Some are born who never need them, Others still who never read them, signs. (Neil Diamond)
I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place I am in my life, a really good place. View quote
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No, I majored in biology, in a pre-med program. View quote
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I like having a woman. I like having someone to come home to, to make all of the hard work feel worth it. I need someone with me. And I want someone. View quote
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I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword. View quote
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I used to go to my kids' soccer games and I was the only parent who wasn't screaming, because I'd have to do a show that night. It was hard. Moms and dads get more emotional at those soccer and Little League games than at a professional game. View quote
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When I need my wife or when I need companionship or someone to talk to, I need it, like, now. So my wife will have to give up whatever she's doing at that moment to tend to my needs. And, in the same way, I would tend to hers. That's not such an easy thing to do. View quote
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I may have a little bit of a talent for music, but I've learnt to tap into my own self when I write. When I put the drill bit inside my heart, sometimes I come up with something light and frothy, sometimes with something deep and painful, but it's great to connect with the audience. View quote
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You can't plan to write a great song. It just happens to you. It drops in your lap. It's the same thing with a woman. View quote
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You have to go out there and give a piece of yourself -- your life, your soul. And you better give the audience everything you can -- physically, emotionally, musically. Then maybe they'll accept you and give you a standing ovation at the end. View quote
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I couldn't resist. I went over and joined in, and we just sang the song together, ... They had no idea that I had written it, or who I was. I was just some weird guy who wanted to join in on the singing. (Neil Diamond)
Be as a page that aches for a word Which speaks on a theme that is timeless. View quote
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I think I need to be married. Having a wife and family makes some sense out of all that I do, because I can't make any sense out of 20,000 adoring fans watching me for two hours. View quote
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I'm throwing myself back in because I like being married. I don't want to end this whole fabulous journey alone. I want someone by my side who I love and who loves me. I've finally found somebody who's up to the task of being my wife, because I'm very high maintenance. View quote
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I definitely don't feel like I'm 71. I feel like I did when I was - between 30 and 40. The body ages. The mind doesn't. View quote
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