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" It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him. "
Paul Simon
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Got
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" Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do the show with my band; he just wanted me on acoustic guitar. "
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Band
Me
" 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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Up
Live
" You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen. "
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Place
Know
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" There must be 50 ways to leave your lover. "
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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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" Who am I to blow against the wind? "
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Am
Wind
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" I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent. "
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Invent
More
" My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting. "
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Find
Change
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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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People
Perfection
Kind
" As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death. "
Paul Simon
Long
Innocent
People
" 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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Done
Your
Pointless
" I always get very calm with baseball. "
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Calm
Get
Very
" 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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Heart
Think
Try
" 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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Always
Criticism
Me
" 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. "
Paul Simon
Eating
Child
Restaurant
" Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio. "
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Little
Mrs
Nothing
" We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys. "
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Gift
Two
Always
" 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. "
Paul Simon
Feel
Pressure
Myself
" 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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People
Impossible
Dialogue
" We've survived by believing our life is going to get better. "
Paul Simon
Better
Believing
Get
" Improvisation is too good to leave to chance. "
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Too
Improvisation
Good
" I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do. "
Paul Simon
Say
Job
Good Job
" Listen to the sound of silence. "
Paul Simon
Listen
Sound
Silence
" Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work. "
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Work
Anybody
Bad
" I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings. "
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People
Him
Emotion
" 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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Though
Artist
Life
" If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything. "
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Humor
Lose
Special
" When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal. "
Paul Simon
Something
Unhappy
Solo