We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
PAUL SIMONJust slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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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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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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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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I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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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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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 have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion.
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