It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
PAUL SIMONSo I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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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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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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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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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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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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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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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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I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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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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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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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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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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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.
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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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