Maybe I think too much for my own good.
PAUL SIMONI 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.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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I don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
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Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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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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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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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 is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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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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