When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.
PAUL SIMONPeople ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
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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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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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And she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
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And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
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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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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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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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I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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Artie is a singer, and I’m a writer and player and a singer. We didn’t work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
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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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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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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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So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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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.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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