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.
PAUL SIMONFaith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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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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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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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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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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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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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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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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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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