By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
PAUL SIMONThe record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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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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How can you live in the Northeast?
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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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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After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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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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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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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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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.
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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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