Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
PAUL SIMONThere’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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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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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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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 suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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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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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?
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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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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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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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