I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
PAUL SIMONMuch of songwriting is simply a mystery.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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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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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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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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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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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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The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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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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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.
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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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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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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 was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
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