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 SIMONI’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion.
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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?
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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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And she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
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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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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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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.
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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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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
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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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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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