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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. ↗

— Paul Simon

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

— Paul Simon

#hard #i #life #middle #my life

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

— Paul Simon

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

— Paul Simon

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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. ↗

— Paul Simon

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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. ↗

— Paul Simon

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

— Paul Simon

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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. ↗

— Paul Simon

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

— Paul Simon

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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. ↗

— Paul Simon

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