Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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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The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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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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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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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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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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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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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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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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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.
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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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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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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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