All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
PAUL SIMONNo one dare disturb the sound of silence.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
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Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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