I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
PAUL SIMONMusic is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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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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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
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I don’t very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
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So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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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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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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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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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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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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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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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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