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Paul Simon
October 13, 1941 -
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician

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

   

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.

   

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.

   

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.

   

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

   

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.

   

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.

   

When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a great deal of the time during Bridge, Artie wasn't there.

   

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

   

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.

   

Who am I to blow against the wind?

   

How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.

   

I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that.

   

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

   

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

   

A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest.

   

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.

   

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

   

I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings.

   

I lived in an attached house. My father used to drive into the wrong driveway all the time. He'd say, Damn it, how do you tell one of these houses from another?

   

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