Paul Simon Quotes

And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.

Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.

A songwriter’s supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.

My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.

The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.

I 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.

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.

When 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?

I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.

The dialogue between what’s going on in the world and what’s going on internally seems to be a natural thing – well, it’s natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.