It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They’re all that’s left you.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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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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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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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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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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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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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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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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