If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
PAUL SIMONWhen I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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Cecilia 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.
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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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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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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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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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