Maybe I think too much for my own good.
PAUL SIMONMaybe I think too much for my own good.
PAUL SIMONTake two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
PAUL SIMONGiven all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
PAUL SIMONWhen I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
PAUL SIMONI 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.
PAUL SIMONThe record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
PAUL SIMONI 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 SIMONImprovisation is too good to leave to chance.
PAUL SIMONMusic is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
PAUL SIMONAnthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
PAUL SIMONThere must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
PAUL SIMONWhere have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
PAUL SIMONThe trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
PAUL SIMONTime, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
PAUL SIMONI’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
PAUL SIMONMy whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
PAUL SIMON