One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
PAUL SIMON
When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
More Paul Simon Quotes
-
One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
PAUL SIMON -
Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
PAUL SIMON -
I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
PAUL SIMON -
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 SIMON -
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.
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 -
Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
PAUL SIMON -
Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
PAUL SIMON -
-
-
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.
PAUL SIMON -
I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
PAUL SIMON -
I’m always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
PAUL SIMON -
My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
PAUL SIMON -
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 SIMON -
Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
PAUL SIMON