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.
PAUL SIMONI regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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I don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
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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.
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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 thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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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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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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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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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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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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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.
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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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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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