You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
PAUL SIMONFaith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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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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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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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
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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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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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People talking without speaking, People listening without hearing, Sounds of Silence.
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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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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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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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