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Who am I to blow against the wind?

Paul Simon

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.
PAUL SIMON

Arrange Artist Element Live Myself
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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Act Aware Embarrassment Gift Luck Symbol Talent Time Young
Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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Breakdown Heart Broken
My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
PAUL SIMON

Artistic Change Finding Interesting Life Myself
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.
PAUL SIMON

Myself Natural Thinking World
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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Death Follow Forever Growth Music Right Yourself
Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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Change Same Strange
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.
PAUL SIMON

Description Fans Feeling Happiness Myself Pressure State
One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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Floor Man Oneself
A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
PAUL SIMON

Challenge Simplicity Supreme Time
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.
PAUL SIMON

Beginning Known See Writing Yourself
Artie is a singer, and I’m a writer and player and a singer. We didn’t work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.
PAUL SIMON

Creativity Myself Player Preparation Sing Singer Writing
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 SIMON

Creation Humor Lose Serious Time Yourself
I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
PAUL SIMON

Day Myself Self Love Smile
The phrasing didn’t work as well.
PAUL SIMON

Phrase Well Work
It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
PAUL SIMON

Beginning Fake Possible Simplicity Start True Way

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