The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
PAUL SIMONAnd you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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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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When 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?
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Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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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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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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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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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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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
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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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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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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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The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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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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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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