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PAUL SIMONI 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.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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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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Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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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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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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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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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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How can you live in the Northeast?
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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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