People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
PAUL SIMONYou want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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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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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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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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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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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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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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