Paul Simon Quotes

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• 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. Enough Guitarist
• Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes Cupcakes
• I have my books and my poetry to protect me Book
• I've got nothing to do today but smile. Bad Day
• And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow. Face
• It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good. Both
• Sail on silver girl, sail on by...your time has come to shine all your dreams are on their way...see how they shine..oh and if you… All
• All I've got to do today is smile. All
• 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. He… Amen
• I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told, and I have squandered my resistance, for a pocket full of mumbles, such are… All
• I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I… Armor
• Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told. Child
• Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire. Fire
• I get the news I need on the weather report And I have nothing to do today but smile News
• And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what weve lost. Bookmarkers
• And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries. Cries
• She said a good day ain't got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of… Bad
• Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I… Ago
• I know a man He came from my home town He wore his passion for his woman Like a thorny crown He said "Dolores I… Afraid
• A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest. Disregards

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