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 SIMONThere is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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.
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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 have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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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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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion.
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I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
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We’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
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