Paul Simon Quotes
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It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished.
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When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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We're living in a certain time, and we're aware of it. And that's part of what we're aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
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Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on.
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I've got nothing to do today but smile.
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same pedals, so the sounds tend to be the same. I am looking for different ways of doing that without having to spend days and weeks and months fooling around with pedals, which I don't enjoy.
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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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Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told.
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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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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down... or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame "I am leaving! I am leaving" but the fighter still remains.
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The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying to say something, instead of it naturally coming out of me, like I was saying something that I already knew. Anyway, I can't remember what it was. And either I threw it all out or I threw 90 percent of it out, and kept a line or two. That's happened a couple of times to me. Not too often, but a couple of times. Very aggravating when it does happen.
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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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I lived in an attached house. My father used to drive into the wrong driveway all the time. He'd say, Damn it, how do you tell one of these houses from another?
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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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.
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You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.