Ifs Quotes by Paul Simon

9 Ifs quotes by Paul Simon

Paul Simon’s nine reflections on “ifs” carry his storytelling grace, turning imagined futures into melodic snapshots. The brief set feels like a quiet acoustic interlude for the mind.

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If you'll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.

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It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something…

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To get the stuff out of you, especially if what you're dealing with is yourself, requires you to open up and touch…

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The problem is all inside your head, she said to me The answer is easy if you take it logically I'd like…

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I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried...I am a rock.

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Philip Larkin didn't write for several years before his life ended. And when he was asked why he didn't write, he said…

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The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn't really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates…

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I think my hight had the most significant single effect on my existence, aside from my brain. In fact, it's part of…

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Instead of thinking in terms of chords, I think of voice-leading; that is, melody line and bass line, and where the bass…

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Life I love you, all is groovy.

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I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it.

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I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn't really…

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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

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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…

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No one dare disturb the sound of silence...

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A fundamental requirement, overriding any other for this job, is an understanding of deafness-what it is and how it affects the educational experience.

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