We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
PAUL SIMONThere is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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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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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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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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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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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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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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
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I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
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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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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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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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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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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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