Author: Paul Simon

Quotes

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

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

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

- Paul Simon

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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