I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
PAUL SIMONOne man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
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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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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 have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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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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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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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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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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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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I don’t very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
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