How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
PAUL SIMONHow much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
PAUL SIMONI stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
PAUL SIMONTake two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
PAUL SIMONAnd I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
PAUL SIMONI have my books and my poetry to protect me.
PAUL SIMONI met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
PAUL SIMONArtie 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.
PAUL SIMONBy the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
PAUL SIMONIt was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
PAUL SIMONIt was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
PAUL SIMONWhere have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
PAUL SIMONI want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
PAUL SIMONThe phrasing didn’t work as well.
PAUL SIMONHow can you live in the Northeast?
PAUL SIMONI 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.
PAUL SIMONSomewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
PAUL SIMON