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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.

Paul Simon

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 SIMON

Art Essence Happiness Myself Willing Work
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.
PAUL SIMON

Expectation History Live People Record Success Yourself
Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
PAUL SIMON

Fire Life Room Walk
Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
PAUL SIMON

Mystery Simplicity
In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down, or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame “I am leaving! I am leaving” but the fighter still remains.
PAUL SIMON

Carry Clear Fight Myself Reminder Shame Stand
Life I love you, all is groovy.
PAUL SIMON

I Love You Life Myself
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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Himself Lying Man Regard
We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
PAUL SIMON

Believe Better Hope Life Survive
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.
PAUL SIMON

Abstract Beginning Creation Interesting Music Song Writing
Maybe I think too much for my own good.
PAUL SIMON

Goodness Myself Thinking
The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
PAUL SIMON

Laughter Myself Thinking
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
PAUL SIMON

Camera Care Man Myself
It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
PAUL SIMON

Explaining Metaphor
I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
PAUL SIMON

Happiness Lover Myself Old See Street
I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
PAUL SIMON

Myself Photograph Song Writing
I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
PAUL SIMON

Home Myself Winter

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