There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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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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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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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 words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
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The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
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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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