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.
PAUL SIMONWhen I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
More Paul Simon Quotes
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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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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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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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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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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 don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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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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