"My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody……" — Paul Simon
"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."
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149 Quotes by Paul Simon
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- I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.
- When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at…
- Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
- ...what threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card…
- It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must…
- The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.
- Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
- It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your…
- 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…
- Most of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's…
- I really don't know what exactly all the songs mean. Sometimes other people have meanings and when I hear them…