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.
PAUL SIMONCecilia 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.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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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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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
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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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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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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 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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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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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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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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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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