I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
PAUL SIMONThe trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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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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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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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.
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I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
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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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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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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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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down, or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame “I am leaving! I am leaving” but the fighter still remains.
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