Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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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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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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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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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
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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 want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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