Paul Simon quotes - page 2

Paul Simon is an influential American singer-songwriter and musician, renowned for his work as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel as well as his solo career. His innovative songwriting blends elements of folk, rock, pop, and world music to create timeless hits. He has earned numerous awards and continues to inspire generations of artists and listeners. Here are 187 of his quotes:

I have gone through different phases in my music writing. There was a time when I used a little exercise - incorporating all of the twelve notes in the chromatic scale - to get me going. I used this technique for a while, but I don't any longer because I am going back to simpler melodies. Originally I moved away from the simple songs because I thought they were too simple.

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Cecilia, you're breaking my heart You're shaking my confidence daily Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees I'm begging you please to come home.

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I'm sitting in the railway station. Got a ticket to my destination. On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand. And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band.

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Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and pretend. But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.

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Zebras are reactionaries, Antelopes are missionaries, Pigeons plot in secrecy, And hamsters turn on frequently.

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I'll take your part When darkness comes And pain is all around.

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Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces, She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy, I said, 'Be careful, his bowtie is really a camera.

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Seasons change with the scenery; Weaving time in a tapestry. Won't you stop and remember me At any convenient time?

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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns it's lonely eyes to you Ooo ooo ooo. What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson? "Joltin' Joe has left and gone away."

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Come on, take me to the Mardi Gras, Where the people sing and play, Where the music is elite and there's dancing in the street, Both night and day.

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I want a shot at redemption Don't want to end up a cartoon In a cartoon graveyard.

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Some people never say the words ‘I love you', for like a child they're longing to be told.

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I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island.

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And sometimes even music Cannot substitute for tears.

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Snowman sittin' in the sun doesn't have time to waste.

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It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.

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Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.

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I have my books and my poetry to protect me.

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In my little town I grew up believing God keeps his eye on us all.

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Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together. I've got some real estate here in my bag. So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's pies, And we walked off to look for America.

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A man walks down the street It's a street in a strange world Maybe it's the third world Maybe it's his first time around ... He looks around around He sees angels in the architecture Spinning in infinity He says Amen and Hallelujah.

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I'm going to Graceland, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, Well, I'm going to Graceland. Poor boys and pilgrims with families And we are going to Graceland, And my travelling companion is nine years old, He is the child of my first marriage, But I've reason to believe We both will be received in Graceland.

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