I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
PAUL SIMONI stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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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.
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When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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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.
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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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Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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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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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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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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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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