Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
PAUL SIMONSomewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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.
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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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So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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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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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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There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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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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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
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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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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
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