We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
PAUL SIMONI like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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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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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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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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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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We’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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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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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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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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