The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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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.
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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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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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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 phrasing didn’t work as well.
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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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