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" Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio. "
Paul Simon
Little
Mrs
Nothing
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" My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears. "
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Life
Sometimes
" I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent. "
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Invent
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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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Long
Innocent
People
" I don't like fashion. It's very heartless. "
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Very
Fashion
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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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Up
Live
" 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
" We've survived by believing our life is going to get better. "
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Better
Believing
Get
" The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it. "
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Way
Stay
Finished
" 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
" All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. "
Paul Simon
Hear
He
Still
" I always get very calm with baseball. "
Paul Simon
Calm
Get
Very
" 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
" You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen. "
Paul Simon
Place
Know
Humble
" It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him. "
Paul Simon
Like
Think
Work
" Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work. "
Paul Simon
Work
Anybody
Bad
" Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo. "
Paul Simon
Someone
Happening
Zoo
" We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys. "
Paul Simon
Gift
Two
Always
" 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. "
Paul Simon
Way
Agreement
Difference
" The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence. "
Paul Simon
Words
Walls
Subway
" Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone. "
Paul Simon
Island
Everyone
Sun
" 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. "
Paul Simon
Great
Good
Bridge
" 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. "
Paul Simon
Happy
Friendship
Work
" I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it. "
Paul Simon
Get
Superior
Want
" People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music. "
Paul Simon
People
Perfection
Kind
" Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard? "
Paul Simon
Hard
Soft
Rest
" My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting. "
Paul Simon
Find
Change
Interesting
" When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets. "
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Streets
Songs
More
" 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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Kids
Got
American
" 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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Sing
You
Background