Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
PAUL SIMONAll I’ve got to do today is smile.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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There must be 50 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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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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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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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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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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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion.
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