So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
PAUL SIMONThen she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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 don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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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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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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How can you live in the Northeast?
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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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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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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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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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The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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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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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion.
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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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