When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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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 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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She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion.
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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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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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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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