Author: Paul Simon

Quotes

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

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.

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.

- 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

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

- 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

As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.

As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.

- 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

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

- 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

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