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Paul Simon [1941-0] American

Rank: 101
Musician

Paul Frederic Simon is an American musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Simon's fame, influence, and commercial success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, formed in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel.

Change, Art, Death, Faith, Friendship, Funny, Humor, Music, Romantic, Work

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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.	Funny	101
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.	Music	102
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.		103
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.	Humor	104
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.	Art, Change, Friendship, Work	105
Listen to the sound of silence.		106
As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.	Death	107
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.		108
There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.	Romantic	109
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.		110
Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.		111
Who am I to blow against the wind?		112
My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.	Change	113
We've survived by believing our life is going to get better.		114
Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.		115
Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.	Faith	116
I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that.		117
Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?		118
Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success.		119
I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.		120
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.		121
Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.		122
You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.		123
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.		124
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.		125
We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys.		126
People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.		201
It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished.		202
I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it.		203
I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do.		204
I don't think that Simon and Garfunkel as a live act compares to Simon and Garfunkel as a studio act.		205
I don't like fashion. It's very heartless.		206
I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.		207
I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.		208
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.		209
Facts can be turned into art if one is artful enough.		210
Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do the show with my band; he just wanted me on acoustic guitar.		211
I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.		212
My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.		213
The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.		214
When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.		215
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.		216
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.		217
We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry.		218
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.		219
It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him.		220
I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.		221
I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.		222
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.		223
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?		224
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.		225
Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.		226
There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.		301
When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets.		302
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.		303
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.		304
Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.		305
I always get very calm with baseball.		306
How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.		307
A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest.		308

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