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"I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years."
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"Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense."

"Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others."

"I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years."

"Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm."

"I've travelled around the UK a lot recently and have discovered that I really like trains. If you're in the quiet carriage, nobody can get hold of you and you can relax."

"It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard."
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"I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody."

"One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside."

"I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go to someplace that seems like a revelation or a strong connection to an emotional truth."

"Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic."

"I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves."

"My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters."
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