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.
PAUL SIMONThese are the days of miracle and wonder.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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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.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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I 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.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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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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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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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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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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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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