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" I lived in an attached house. My father used to drive into the wrong driveway all the time. He'd say, Damn it, how do you tell one of these houses from another? "
Paul Simon
Father
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" A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest. "
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" The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it. "
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" People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music. "
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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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" All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. "
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" I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent. "
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" I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one. "
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" Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success. "
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" We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way. "
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" It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished. "
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" I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives. "
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" Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do. "
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" Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio. "
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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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Good
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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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You
Background
" 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. "
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" My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it. "
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" As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death. "
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" We've survived by believing our life is going to get better. "
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Better
Believing
Get
" The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains. "
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Brains
Thought
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" I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion. "
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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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" When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets. "
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" I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy. "
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