We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
PAUL SIMONNo one dare disturb the sound of silence.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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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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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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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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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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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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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They’re all that’s left you.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
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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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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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I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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