Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
PAUL SIMONHow much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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The dialogue between what’s going on in the world and what’s going on internally seems to be a natural thing – well, it’s natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.
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I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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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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And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
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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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I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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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.
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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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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.
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And she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
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