I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
PAUL SIMONIt was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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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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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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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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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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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.
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We’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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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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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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