We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
PAUL SIMONPeople talking without speaking, People listening without hearing, Sounds of Silence.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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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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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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Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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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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I don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
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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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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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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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