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Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.
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Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.
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I got quarters in my loafers trying to fight inflation when it only used to take a cent.
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Love is a wave building to a crescendo. Ride if you will, ride it with me.
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I'm getting old, don't wear underwear, and I don't go to church.
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Why don't we get drunk and screw?
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I've always found drugs and alcohol somewhat pedestrian. It's like, I don't need an external agent to open my mind. I'm here, conscious, alert, present. Why would I alter that?
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The weather is here Wish you were beautiful.
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At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.
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We are the people our parents warned us about.
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Never did I think that I became family entertainment.
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Barmaid, bring a pitcher, another round of brew. Honey, why don't we get drunk and screw?
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It's those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes nothing remains quite the same. With all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.
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Pickup's washed and you just got paid, with any luck at all you might even get laid.
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You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.
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I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.
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Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.
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It's my job to be better than the rest, and that's enough reason to go for me. It's my job to be better than the rest, and that makes the day for me.
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Yeah. I wouldn't do it if it wasn't fun... We're showing people how, in a pretty crazy and whacked-out, dangerous world, you can still have fun.
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If I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night.
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Indecision may or may not be my problem.
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My head hurts, my feet stink, and I don't love Jesus. It's that kind of morning.
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Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
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I don't get tired of playing "Margaritaville". It's paid my bills for years.