Author: Paul Simon

Quotes

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

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

- Paul Simon

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

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

- Paul Simon

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.

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

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

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

- Paul Simon

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

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

- Paul Simon

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.

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.

- Paul Simon

The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.

The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.

- Paul Simon

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

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

- Paul Simon

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

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

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