A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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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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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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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’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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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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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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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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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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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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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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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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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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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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