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 SIMONWe’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 SIMONSo I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
PAUL SIMONSerious numbers will speak to us always.
PAUL SIMONNo one dare disturb the sound of silence.
PAUL SIMONI feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
PAUL SIMONA lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
PAUL SIMONI’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 SIMONShe 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 SIMONIt’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
PAUL SIMONAnd you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
PAUL SIMONLord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
PAUL SIMONSomewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
PAUL SIMONNor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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 SIMONBreakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
PAUL SIMONWhen I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.
PAUL SIMON