I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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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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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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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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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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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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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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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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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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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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