How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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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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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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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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And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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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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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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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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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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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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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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