Paul Simon Quotes
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I get the news I need on the weather report And I have nothing to do today but smile.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.
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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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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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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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When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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To get the stuff out of you, especially if what you're dealing with is yourself, requires you to open up and touch tender spots. You have to be anesthetized a little bit.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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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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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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Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio's use as a metaphor.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.
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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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The risk of failure is part of the fun of what I do.
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Most of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's going along with a story, like I do in life, just talking to myself and making fun of stuff and laughing at stuff that's serious. And sometimes it's a good idea to put the laughing into the songs. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's all right just to be serious. But most of the songs have some kind of joke in them.
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And she said 'Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you're blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.'
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She said a good day ain't got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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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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I don't really like to write at a desk. I like to write when driving in a car. ... Once you're working on it, you're working on it all the time, and sometimes stuff'll come in the middle of the night, in a dream or something. Your mind is working on it all the time.