So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
PAUL SIMONThere must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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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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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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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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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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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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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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Just 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.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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Given all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
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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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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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