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 SIMONIf you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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I’m always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
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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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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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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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And she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
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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.
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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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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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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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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