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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

Paul Simon

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 SIMON

Escape Influence Powerful Thinking
Losing love is like a window in your heart.
PAUL SIMON

Heart Broken Lose Love Window
Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
PAUL SIMON

Avenue Communication Music
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.
PAUL SIMON

Description Fans Feeling Happiness Myself Pressure State
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
PAUL SIMON

Belief Doubt Known See Stand True Yourself
Maybe I think too much for my own good.
PAUL SIMON

Goodness Myself Thinking
It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
PAUL SIMON

Difficult Goodness Simplicity
Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
PAUL SIMON

Fire Life Room Walk
And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
PAUL SIMON

Brave Face Myself
I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
PAUL SIMON

Move Myself Room Smoke
The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
PAUL SIMON

Better Heart Life Ourselves Thinking
When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
PAUL SIMON

Betrayal Music Myself Record
Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
PAUL SIMON

Burst Glory Song Sound
Artie is a singer, and I’m a writer and player and a singer. We didn’t work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.
PAUL SIMON

Creativity Myself Player Preparation Sing Singer Writing
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.
PAUL SIMON

Beginning Fake Possible Simplicity Start True Way
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.
PAUL SIMON

Dreams Friendship Need Shine Time Yourself

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