I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
PAUL SIMONBelieving I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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The dialogue between what’s going on in the world and what’s going on internally seems to be a natural thing – well, it’s natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.
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I don’t very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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I’m always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
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In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down, or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame “I am leaving! I am leaving” but the fighter still remains.
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After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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I don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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