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" We've survived by believing our life is going to get better. "

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" Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio. "

" Facts can be turned into art if one is artful enough. "

" 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. "

" My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting. "

" Listen to the sound of silence. "

" 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. "

" Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work. "

" I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it. "

" When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets. "

" The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence. "

" 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. "

" My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears. "

" Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that. "

" I don't think that Simon and Garfunkel as a live act compares to Simon and Garfunkel as a studio act. "

" Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die. "

" There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal. "

" People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music. "

" There must be 50 ways to leave your lover. "

" 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. "

" It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him. "

" Improvisation is too good to leave to chance. "

" 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. "

" Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone. "

" I don't like fashion. It's very heartless. "

" 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. "