When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
PAUL SIMONAnd 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
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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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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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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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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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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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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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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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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