I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
PAUL SIMONI met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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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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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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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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People talking without speaking, People listening without hearing, Sounds of Silence.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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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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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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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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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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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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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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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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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