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?
PAUL SIMONNor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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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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No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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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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There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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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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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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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.
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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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