By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
PAUL SIMONThere’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
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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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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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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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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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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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How can you live in the Northeast?
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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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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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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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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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