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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.

Paul Simon

We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
PAUL SIMON

Fact Job Ourselves Slide Work
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.
PAUL SIMON

Fact Goodness Happiness Health Money Myself Young
People talking without speaking, People listening without hearing, Sounds of Silence.
PAUL SIMON

Listening People Silence Sound Talk
If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
PAUL SIMON

Creation Humor Lose Serious Time Yourself
And she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
PAUL SIMON

Feeling Herself Lose Love Window
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.
PAUL SIMON

Appearance Break Flower God Ordinary Player Vanity
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.
PAUL SIMON

Art Essence Happiness Myself Willing Work
Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
PAUL SIMON

Knife Life Music Myself Purity Sorrow
Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
PAUL SIMON

Dreams Friendship Need Shine Time Yourself
I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
PAUL SIMON

Book Myself Poetry Protection
You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
PAUL SIMON

Beautiful Life Yourself
Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
PAUL SIMON

Avenue Communication Music
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.
PAUL SIMON

Back Discussion Freedom Need Planning Yourself
By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
PAUL SIMON

Feeling Guitar Play Song Time Writing
If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
PAUL SIMON

Body Friendship Guard Myself
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.
PAUL SIMON

Carry Clear Fight Myself Reminder Shame Stand

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