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.
PAUL SIMONThe words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
More Paul Simon Quotes
-
-
When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
PAUL SIMON -
She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
PAUL SIMON -
Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
PAUL SIMON -
We’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
PAUL SIMON -
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
PAUL SIMON -
I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
PAUL SIMON -
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.
PAUL SIMON -
Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
PAUL SIMON -
Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
PAUL SIMON -
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
PAUL SIMON -
Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
PAUL SIMON -
Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
PAUL SIMON -
These are the days of miracle and wonder.
PAUL SIMON -
We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
PAUL SIMON -
There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
PAUL SIMON