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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More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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And she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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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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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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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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When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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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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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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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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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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After 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.
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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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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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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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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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