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Writing Quotes by Paul Simon
- Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
- I don't really know why an idea comes to me. But all of a sudden, an idea comes and from experience I can intuit what…
- Most of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's going along with a story,…
- I really don't know what exactly all the songs mean. Sometimes other people have meanings and when I hear them I think, 'That's really a…
- I don't really like to write at a desk. I like to write when driving in a car. ... Once you're working on it, you're…
- I sort of recognize it, as opposed to shaping it. Oh, that's a good idea, that's a good line. I wonder where I can use…
- I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying to say something,…
- The words come. Usually, it's a long time before they come. And then when they start to come, it doesn't take so long for it…
- Most of the time, when I had hits as a soloist - maybe not so much with Simon & Garfunkel - I was surprised they…
- Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's…
- 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 writing.…
More Writing Quotes
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- A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
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- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold