There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
PAUL SIMONGiven 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.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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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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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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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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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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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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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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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
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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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And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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