There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
PAUL SIMONI would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
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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So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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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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Given all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
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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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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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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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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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