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<strong>paul</strong> <strong>simon</strong> – 1984 <strong>playboy</strong> <strong>interview</strong> small black beetles: the overkill<br />
Playboy: So, apparently, was your marriage to Carrie. How<br />
did that happen?<br />
Simon: It was Carrie's idea. She said, when we were touring<br />
last fall, "Let's do it right now. Let's agree that we'll solve our<br />
problems, we won't leave when we're frustrated or angry."<br />
And I, of course, said "What? Get married in an oddnumbered<br />
year? Why not wait till '84?" My style is to<br />
procrastinate. It just made me real nervous. I had been<br />
married and divorced and found it really painful. But<br />
Carrie got frustrated, and she was preparing to leave again.<br />
And then I went to a two-night double header at Yankee<br />
Stadium. I always get very calm with baseball. and by the<br />
seventh inning, it was eight to one, Yankee, I said, "even if<br />
Guidry gets in trouble, the Goose will save us." So I was<br />
feeling very secure, on my second beer. And I thought,<br />
Well, come on, Paul; you're going to do it, you're going to<br />
do it! I'd always loved Carrie, even when we were most<br />
separated. After the game, I went home and said to her, "All<br />
right, let's do it." Five days later, we were married. And<br />
immediately; I felt a sense of relief.<br />
Playboy: So what now?<br />
Simon: I would like to take a year off and just try to live<br />
happily with Carrie. That's what we're planning to do.<br />
Playboy: So the <strong>interview</strong> has a happy ending.<br />
Simon: Well ... yes, you're right. It does have a happy<br />
ending. That's very hard for me to say. But that's the truth.<br />
And probably not the least of the accomplishments is<br />
that I'm able to recognize it.<br />
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