Quote

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 pleasure, but you don't get wiped out.

Paul Simon

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Paul Simon
Writing
Melody
Every
Sing
Time
Happen
Pleasure
Words
Song
Write
Wiped
Happens
Ecstasy

More quotes by Paul Simon

Image
Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales.
Paul Simon
Image
Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that's all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe's the exit that I'm looking for.
Paul Simon
Image
The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
Paul Simon
Image
I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.
Paul Simon
Image
The dialogue between what's going on in the world and what's going on internally seems to be a natural thing - well, it's natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.
Paul Simon
Image
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 escape the influence.
Paul Simon
Image
I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
Paul Simon
Image
...what threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card but a number of other things.
Paul Simon
Image
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 change the essence of my work.
Paul Simon
Image
Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on.
Paul Simon
Image
It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure.
Paul Simon
Image
...everything looks worse in black and white.
Paul Simon
Image
The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.
Paul Simon
Image
There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same pedals, so the sounds tend to be the same. I am looking for different ways of doing that without having to spend days and weeks and months fooling around with pedals, which I don't enjoy.
Paul Simon
Image
The phrasing didn't work as well.
Paul Simon
Image
My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.
Paul Simon
Image
Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
Paul Simon
Image
People talking without speaking,/ People listening without hearing...Sounds of Silence.
Paul Simon
Image
I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion.
Paul Simon
Image
Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.
Paul Simon