I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
PAUL SIMONCecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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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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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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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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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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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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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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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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I don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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I don’t very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
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