A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
PAUL SIMONThe more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Artie is a singer, and I’m a writer and player and a singer. We didn’t work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.
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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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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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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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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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Given all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
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After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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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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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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