A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
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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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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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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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 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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How can you live in the Northeast?
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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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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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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