Tao Te Ching
Paul Simon
1941 CE –
Prolific planter of musical, cultural wisdom seeds
One of the world’s most famous singer-songwriters since 1956 and still going strong, Paul Simon’s poetry and music has embedded inner space modules of wisdom in world culture and consciousness. His honors include 16 Grammys, 3 Albums of the Year, a spot on Time magazine’s "100 People Who Shaped the World,” and being listed on both Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists and 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. A strong advocate of music education for children, he has mentored many successful musicians and supported the non-profit Children's Health Project, The Children's Health Fund, the Turkana Basin Institute, and Little Kids Rock that provides free musical instruments and lessons for children in public schools. Through all the ups and downs of his careers, he’s continually recreated both himself and his music keeping his creative edge sharp and his social consciousness clear.
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American (USA) Jewish Poets
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Generations
Post War Generation (1928 – 1945 CE)Unlisted Sources
Homeward Bound
I Know What I Know, 1986
Sounds of Silence
Sounds of Silence, 1964
Quotes by Paul Simon (11 quotes)
“But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity, like emptiness in harmony...”
from Homeward Bound
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“People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening, people writing songs that voices never share and no one dare, disturb the sound of silence”
from Sounds of Silence
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“And the people bowed and prayed to the neon God they made and the sign flashed its warning, in the words that it was forming”
from Sounds of Silence, 1964
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“All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.”
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“The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.”
from Sounds of Silence, 1964
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“As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.”
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“If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.”
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“Who am I to blow against the wind?”
from I Know What I Know, 1986
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“I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.”
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“My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.”
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“Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.”
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