Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
PAUL SIMONTake me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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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’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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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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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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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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