All I’ve got to do today is smile.
PAUL SIMONPeople often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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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 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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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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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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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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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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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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