Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
PAUL SIMONLord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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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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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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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I 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.
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Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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Artie is a singer, and I’m a writer and player and a singer. We didn’t work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.
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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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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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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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