--- title: "10 Want Quotes By Paul Simon" description: "10 Want quotes by Paul Simon. Plus more from Paul Simon and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/paul-simon-1703_brain_i-think-i-have-a-superior-brain-and-an-i_2210019.png" --- > [I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-think-i-have-a-superior-brain-and-an-inferior-stature-if-you-really/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/paul-simon-1703_brain_i-think-i-have-a-superior-brain-and-an-i_2210019.png) > [I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-want-to-rid-my-heart-of-envy-and-cleanse-my-soul-of-rage-before-i-m/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/paul-simon-1703_anger_i-want-to-rid-my-heart-of-envy-and-clean_1450206.png) > [Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/don-t-want-to-end-up-a-cartoon-in-a-cartoon-grave-yard/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/paul-simon-1703_cartoon_don-t-want-to-end-up-a-cartoon-in-a-cart_2241037.png) > [You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/you-want-to-be-a-writer-don-t-know-how-or-when-find-a-quiet-place-use/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/paul-simon-1703_humble_you-want-to-be-a-writer-don-t-know-how-o_2830226.png) > [Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/artie-travels-all-the-time-the-rehearsals-were-just-miserable-artie/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/paul-simon-1703_acoustic-guitar_artie-travels-all-the-time-the-rehearsal_1873592.png) > [Given all the facts that I'm young and I'm in good health and I'm famous - that I have talent, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/given-all-the-facts-that-i-m-young-and-i-m-in-good-health-and-i-m/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/960/paul-simon-1703_facts_given-all-the-facts-that-i-m-young-and-i_1660338.png) > [I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told, and I have squandered my resistance, for a pocket full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-am-just-a-poor-boy-though-my-story-s-seldom-told-and-i-have/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/paul-simon-1703_boys_i-am-just-a-poor-boy-though-my-story-s-s_1146430.jpg) > [I think my hight had the most significant single effect on my existence, aside from my brain. In fact, it's part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-think-my-hight-had-the-most-significant-single-effect-on-my/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa4/paul-simon-1703_brain_i-think-my-hight-had-the-most-significan_1677944.jpg) > [As soon as your mind knows that it's on and it's supposed to produce some lines, either it doesn't or it produces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/as-soon-as-your-mind-knows-that-it-s-on-and-it-s-supposed-to-produce/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/paul-simon-1703_discovering_as-soon-as-your-mind-knows-that-it-s-on_2030150.png) > [I'm going to Graceland, for reasons I cannot explain. There's some part of me wants to see Graceland. And I may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-m-going-to-graceland-for-reasons-i-cannot-explain-there-s-some-part/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/paul-simon-1703_believe_i-m-going-to-graceland-for-reasons-i-can_1381271.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Paul Simon > [A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/a-man-walks-down-the-street-it-s-a-street-in-a-strange-world-maybe-it/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [I didn't get how big it was until I went home, turned on the television and saw it on all the news, and later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-didn-t-get-how-big-it-was-until-i-went-home-turned-on-the/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/it-s-pointless-to-be-critical-of-your-stuff-once-it-s-done-i-don-t/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [Medicine is magical and magical is art, the boy in the bubble, and the baby with the baboon heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/medicine-is-magical-and-magical-is-art-the-boy-in-the-bubble-and-the/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/two-times-two-is-twenty-two-four-times-four-is-forty-four-when/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [...what threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card but a number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/what-threatens-us-today-in-the-world-of-computers-and-other-invasions/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [Life I love you, all is groovy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/life-i-love-you-all-is-groovy/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-would-be-willing-to-do-almost-anything-to-make-art-happy-i-care/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-don-t-very-often-think-i-ve-done-a-good-job-i-don-t-like-the/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-rate-each-album-as-better-than-the-last-one-that-s-how-i-see-it/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-don-t-think-dylan-and-the-beatles-influenced-me-a-lot-i-think-it/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/the-words-of-the-prophets-are-written-on-the-subway-walls-and/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-m-not-in-it-for-the-money-i-like-music-i-love-to-write-music-i-can/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [No one dare disturb the sound of silence...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/no-one-dare-disturb-the-sound-of-silence/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [A fundamental requirement, overriding any other for this job, is an understanding of deafness-what it is and how it affects the educational experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/a-fundamental-requirement-overriding-any-other-for-this-job-is-an/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/paul-simon/#itemlist", "name": "10 Want Quotes By Paul Simon", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Simon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-think-i-have-a-superior-brain-and-an-inferior-stature-if-you-really/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/paul-simon-1703_brain_i-think-i-have-a-superior-brain-and-an-i_2210019.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/paul-simon-1703_brain_i-think-i-have-a-superior-brain-and-an-i_2210019.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/paul-simon-1703_brain_i-think-i-have-a-superior-brain-and-an-i_2210019.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.” — Paul Simon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Simon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-want-to-rid-my-heart-of-envy-and-cleanse-my-soul-of-rage-before-i-m/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/paul-simon-1703_anger_i-want-to-rid-my-heart-of-envy-and-clean_1450206.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/paul-simon-1703_anger_i-want-to-rid-my-heart-of-envy-and-clean_1450206.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/paul-simon-1703_anger_i-want-to-rid-my-heart-of-envy-and-clean_1450206.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.” — Paul Simon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Simon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/don-t-want-to-end-up-a-cartoon-in-a-cartoon-grave-yard/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/paul-simon-1703_cartoon_don-t-want-to-end-up-a-cartoon-in-a-cart_2241037.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/paul-simon-1703_cartoon_don-t-want-to-end-up-a-cartoon-in-a-cart_2241037.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/paul-simon-1703_cartoon_don-t-want-to-end-up-a-cartoon-in-a-cart_2241037.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.” — Paul Simon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? 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