Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
PAUL SIMONMusic is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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 course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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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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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 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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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 was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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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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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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I’ve got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.
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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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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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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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The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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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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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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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 don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
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