Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
PAUL SIMONSomewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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Given all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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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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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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I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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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 the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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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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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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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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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns 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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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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