All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
PAUL SIMONHow much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
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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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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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I don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
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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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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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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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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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So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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The dialogue between what’s going on in the world and what’s going on internally seems to be a natural thing – well, it’s natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.
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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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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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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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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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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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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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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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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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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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