I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
PAUL SIMONI’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.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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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 abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
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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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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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There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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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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I don’t very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
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