I don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
PAUL SIMONI 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.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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And she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
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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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Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
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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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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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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down, or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame “I am leaving! I am leaving” but the fighter still remains.
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Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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