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.
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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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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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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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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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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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 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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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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Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They’re all that’s left you.
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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.
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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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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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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 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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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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