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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

How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
PAUL SIMON

Harmony Sing Voice Yourself
One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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Floor Man Oneself
I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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Day Myself Self Love Smile
Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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Evidence Faith Hope Line Sun
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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Beginning Fake Possible Simplicity Start True Way
I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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Growth Hope Myself Talent
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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Myself Possible See Time
I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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Book Myself Poetry Protection
Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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Burst Glory Song Sound
We’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
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Aware Live Myself Pain Personal Time
Who am I to blow against the wind?
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Blow Myself Wind
Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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Fire Life Room Walk
And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
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Belief Doubt Known See Stand True Yourself
The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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Customization Degree Preference Screen
We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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Believe Better Hope Life Survive
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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Feeling Learning Myself Old People Question
A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
PAUL SIMON

Act Aware Embarrassment Gift Luck Symbol Talent Time Young
My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
PAUL SIMON

Artistic Change Finding Interesting Life Myself
I’m always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
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Album Myself Record Writing
So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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End Flower Life Myself Pretend Rain
No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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Dare Disturb Oneself Silence Sound
Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
PAUL SIMON

Body Bone Heart
Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
PAUL SIMON

Mystery Simplicity
There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
PAUL SIMON

Hope Nostalgia Romantic Sound Training
Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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Change Same Strange
How can you live in the Northeast?
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Live Place
The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
PAUL SIMON

Better Heart Life Ourselves Thinking

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