Paul Simon Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Paul Simon
Paul Simon Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work.
Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales.
Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door.
People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
And you read your emily dickinson,
And I my robert frost.
And we note our place with bookmarkers
That measure what weve lost.
And I my robert frost.
And we note our place with bookmarkers
That measure what weve lost.
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried ... I am a rock.
It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure ...
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.
People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I'm learning as I go.
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
When I first heard Elvis perform "Bridge Over Trouble Water" it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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.
We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry.
There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys.
Well I'm on my way
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way I'm taking my time
But I don't know where
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way I'm taking my time
But I don't know where
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
She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed
And I think of things that might have been
What threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card but a number of other things.
By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
So I'll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.
Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates.
The earth is blue.
And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
The earth is blue.
And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won't come undone.