Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They’re all that’s left you.
PAUL SIMONHow can you live in the Northeast?
More Paul Simon Quotes
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I don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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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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Given all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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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 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 dialogue between what’s going on in the world and what’s going on internally seems to be a natural thing – well, it’s natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.
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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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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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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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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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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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