Words matter. These are the best Paul Simon Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don’t think I’ve written any great songs.
I always get very calm with baseball.
It’s pointless to be critical of your stuff once it’s done. I don’t spend a lot of time agonising over it. It’s of no importance once it’s finished.
I don’t very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
We were always able to sing and blend well together; that’s our gift. But aside from that, we’re really two different guys.
I rate each album as better than the last one. That’s how I see it.
When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a great deal of the time during Bridge, Artie wasn’t there.
I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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.
Artie is a singer, and I’m a writer and player and a singer. We didn’t work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.
I’m more interested in what I discover than what I invent.
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
I lived in an attached house. My father used to drive into the wrong driveway all the time. He’d say, Damn it, how do you tell one of these houses from another?
It’s a big error to think that because you like somebody’s work, you’re going to like him.
When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest.
We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry.
People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
Listen to the sound of silence.
I don’t think that Simon and Garfunkel as a live act compares to Simon and Garfunkel as a studio act.
I don’t believe what the papers are saying They’re just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that.
I don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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.
Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo.
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.
There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
