I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
PAUL SIMONHaving 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.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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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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After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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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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I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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