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.
PAUL SIMONPeople ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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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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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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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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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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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down, or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame “I am leaving! I am leaving” but the fighter still remains.
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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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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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