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" I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent. "
Paul Simon
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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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" 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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" 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 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? "
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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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" My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out. "
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" The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains. "
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Thought
Life
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Together
" 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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" 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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" Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die. "
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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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" 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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