Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
PAUL SIMONIt’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
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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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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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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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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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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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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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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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