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 SIMONThe thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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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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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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
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Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
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I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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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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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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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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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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