I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
PAUL SIMONI 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.
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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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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People talking without speaking, People listening without hearing, Sounds of Silence.
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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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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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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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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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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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We’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
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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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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 don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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