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.
PAUL SIMONSerious numbers will speak to us always.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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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How can you live in the Northeast?
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People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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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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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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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.
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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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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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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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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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