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.
PAUL SIMONMaybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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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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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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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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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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Maybe I think too much for my own good.
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Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
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You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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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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I’m always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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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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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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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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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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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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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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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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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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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They’re all that’s left you.
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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