Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
PAUL SIMONI stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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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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I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.
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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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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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Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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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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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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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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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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