Simon & Garfunkel Quotes
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The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn't really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that.
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Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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I'm always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
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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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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it.
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...everything looks worse in black and white.
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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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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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Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do the show with my band; he just wanted me on acoustic guitar.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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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 didn't get how big it was until I went home, turned on the television and saw it on all the news, and later that night on the front pages of all the newspapers. Then I got it.
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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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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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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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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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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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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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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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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People talking without speaking,/ People listening without hearing...Sounds of Silence.