Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
PAUL SIMONThe trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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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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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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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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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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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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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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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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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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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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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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