Paul Simon quotes - page 7

We don't mean to mess things up, But mess them up we do. (Paul Simon)
I shoot a thought into the future, and it flies like an arrow, through my lifetime. And beyond. View quote
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You'd better keep an eye on them children, eye on them children in the pool. View quote
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Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that's all that there is or could ever exist. View quote
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And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening. View quote
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Instead of thinking in terms of chords, I think of voice-leading. View quote
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But you don't need to waste your time worrying about the marketplace, Try to help the human race. Struggling to survive its harshest hour. View quote
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But all that is changed now. Gone like a memory from the day before the fires. People hungry for the voice of God Hear lunatics and liars.Wartime prayers. Wartime prayers In every language spoken. View quote
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How can you live in the Northeast? How can you live in the South? View quote
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I write from instinct, from inexplicable sparkle. I don't know why I'm writing what I'm writing. Usually, I sit and I let my hands wander on my guitar. And I sing anything. I play anything. And I wait till I come across a pleasing accident. Then I start to develop it. View quote
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Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations. (Paul Simon)
And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made. View quote
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Well its great to do a neighborhood concert. View quote
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A man walks down the street He says why am I soft in the middle now Why am I soft in the middle The rest of my life is so hard. View quote
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A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest. View quote
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As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death. View quote
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Listen to the sound of silence. View quote
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I'm not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music. I can't imagine myself not playing or singing or writing. It would just drive me crazy if I didn't. View quote
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I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it. View quote
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When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a great deal of the time during Bridge, Artie wasn't there. View quote
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Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success. (Paul Simon)
We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But I found it impossible to hold a dialogue with 500,000 people. In a certain sense, it was numbing. View quote
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It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him. View quote
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When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all.' View quote
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And so you see I have come to doubt All that I once held as true I stand alone without beliefs The only truth I know is you. View quote
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Paul Simon

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Photo: Matthew Straubmuller (imatty35), CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: October 13, 1941
Quotes count: 187
Wikipedia: Paul Simon

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