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.
PAUL SIMONThe more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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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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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion.
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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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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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Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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I don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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People talking without speaking, People listening without hearing, Sounds of Silence.
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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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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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