#ear

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. ↗

— Paul Simon

#hear #hears #jests #lies #man

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

— Paul Simon

#common #disappears #even #life #music

I don't like fashion. It's very heartless. ↗

— Paul Simon

#heartless #i #like #very

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

#acoustic guitar #artie #band #fought #guitar

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. ↗

— Nina Simone

#because #classical #classical music #dedicated #excellence

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist. ↗

— Nina Simone

#become #black #choices #classic #classical

Every song is something that I've been through or an emotion I've felt - like falling in love or heartbreak. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

#emotion #every #falling #falling in love #felt

I don't really mind what people say about my love life or anything like that, but the one thing is that, yes, I do sing and write all my own music. That is something that I hold really dear. And yeah, I made a fool of myself in front of the world, but it was also great to pick myself back up and go on tour. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

#also #anything #back #back up #dear

I knew that people were going to talk about it, I knew it was embarrassing, and I knew it was a big deal. But did I think that it was going to be this thing that followed me for, you know, the next years to come? I guarantee you, 25 years from now, I'll be known as the girl that lip synced on 'SNL.' But, you know, it was a weird thing. Not fun. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

#big #big deal #come #deal #did

Standards are a little crazy these days. I think that, when you go to sleep, as long as you're happy with the way you are and the way you look, that's the most important thing. I think it's an internal thing. As long as you feel good with who you are and comfortable with what you're wearing, but not if that's the most important thing. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

#crazy #days #feel #feel good #go