Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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've got nothing to do today but smile.
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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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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.
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I don't like fashion. It's very heartless.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio's use as a metaphor.
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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 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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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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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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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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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 leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.
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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we'll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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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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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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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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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 risk of failure is part of the fun of what I do.
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It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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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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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.