Paul Simon Quotes
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I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
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'School of Rock' was just once in a lifetime things; I want to be a doctor, actually. I'd go an do the sequel if they asked me to.
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Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.
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Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as God, guns and rock and roll.
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We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around.
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I used to get butterflies. Now we're always ready to hit the stage and rock out.
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I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, 'Git 'r done!'
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The Rock will always come back to us.
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Presumptuously, I speak for all Who fans when I say being a fan of the Who has incalculably enriched my life. What disturbs me about the Who is the way they smashed through every door of rock & roll, leaving rubble and not much else for the rest of us to lay claim to.
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There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.
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I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed.
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Sure, we've had our fair share of ups and downs, but I don't know if we've had more than any other rock band... we just have a way of getting ourselves into hot water.
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The thing with me is, about that - about rock and all that - years and years of crate-digging, listening to old music, you kind of start to connect the dots. And I was seeing the thread that was connecting everything together, which is pretty much the blues. And everything soul or funk kind of starts with that.
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I love funky styles. Not preppy or rock, just funky!
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I love rock music, I love country music - I love all music, let's be honest!
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After a post-Bill Berry softening with albums like 'Up' and 'Reveal,' R.E.M. seems to be toughening up again; on the strength of the first single, 'Discoverer,' the band's new record looks to continue with the same muscular rock and roll that defined its last album, 'Accelerate.'
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There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
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Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere.
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We have a rock audience, classical audience, metal, pop - everything. We unite them all.
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There are programs that don't work.
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I played a bass player and a singer in a movie once, but I totally lip-synced to everything.
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After Diana passed, I did not believe for one second that I would remarry or that I would be in love again.
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A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I've chosen not to be.
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And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.
