Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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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I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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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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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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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 degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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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 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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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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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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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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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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