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.
PAUL SIMONTake 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.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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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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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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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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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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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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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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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 very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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