The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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The dialogue between what’s going on in the world and what’s going on internally seems to be a natural thing – well, it’s natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.
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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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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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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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Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They’re all that’s left you.
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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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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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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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Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
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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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