Paul Simon Quotes
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Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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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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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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I've got nothing to do today but smile.
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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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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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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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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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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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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won't come undone.
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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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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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Couple in the next room bound to win a prize, they've been going at it all night long.
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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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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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The problem is all inside your head, she said to me The answer is easy if you take it logically I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free There must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.