There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
PAUL SIMONSomewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion.
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Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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And she said ‘Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you’re blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.’
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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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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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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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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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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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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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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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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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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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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 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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So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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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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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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