Paul Simon Quotes
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I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away.
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We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys.
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When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets.
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I like working with sound; sound and rhythm. I like the abstract more than "What does that mean?" Nobody ever says to you, "Why did you use a harmonium?" Or "What is that ringing sound that occurs here?" The questions are always "What does that song mean?" or "What were you trying to say here?"
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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People talking without speaking,/ People listening without hearing...Sounds of Silence.
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A phenomenon occurs but because you're in the middle of it, you just think it's your life-until it's over. And then you look back and say, What an unusual thing happened to me in the '60s.
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Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
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I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings.
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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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Given all the facts that I'm young and I'm in good health and I'm famous - that I have talent, I have money - given all these facts, I want to know why I'm so unhappy.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.