The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
PAUL SIMONThe abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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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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I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
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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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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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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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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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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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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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