People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
PAUL SIMONI don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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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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Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
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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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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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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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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 course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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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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