Paul Simon Quotes
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Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on.
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Although I was able to study music with teachers, I never studied lyric writing. I read poetry, and I read other lyricists. But they were never writing in the style or the form that I was interested in.
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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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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio's use as a metaphor.
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I don't like fashion. It's very heartless.
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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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I get the news I need on the weather report And I have nothing to do today but smile.
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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.
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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 leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.
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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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Couple in the next room bound to win a prize, they've been going at it all night long.
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My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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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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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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Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.
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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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There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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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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The risk of failure is part of the fun of what I do.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.