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.
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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I’m always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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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 talking without speaking, People listening without hearing, Sounds of Silence.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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Artie is a singer, and I’m a writer and player and a singer. We didn’t work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.
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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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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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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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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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