I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
PAUL SIMONI suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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People talking without speaking, People listening without hearing, Sounds of Silence.
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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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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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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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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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I don’t very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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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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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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