Paul Simon Quotes
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I see a correlation between short stories and songs, because of their length and for what they're meant to evoke. Combine certain words with melodies and it all becomes very moving.
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Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive to the least powerful in our society.
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I'm going to Graceland, for reasons I cannot explain. There's some part of me wants to see Graceland. And I may be advised to defend every love, every ending, or maybe there's no obligations now. Maybe I've a reason to believe we all will be received in Graceland.
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...music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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We've survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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All I've got to do today is smile.
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Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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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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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That's the whole point.
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Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out.
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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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Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.
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There was always some kind of strain, but it was workable. The bigger you get, the more of a strain it is, because in your everyday life, you're less used to compromising. As you get bigger, you have your own way. But in a partnership you always have to compromise. … When you get into a partnership, you're not the boss. There's no boss. That makes it hard.
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I like them all. … They're all pictures of me when I wrote them. … I have no favorite songs.
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Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.
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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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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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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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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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This is near enough true bliss.
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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.