One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
PAUL SIMONAfter all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
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Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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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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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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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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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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How can you live in the Northeast?
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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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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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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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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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