All I’ve got to do today is smile.
PAUL SIMONBy the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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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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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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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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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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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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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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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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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 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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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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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 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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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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