When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.
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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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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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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I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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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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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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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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I’m always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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