Paul Simon

I've got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.

— Paul Simon

Time, time, time, see what's become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please

— Paul Simon

The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.

— Paul Simon

“People say a lie is just a lie, but I say why deny the obvious child.”

— Paul Simon

Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.

— Paul Simon

Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.

— Paul Simon

You know the nearer your destination, the most you're slip slidin' away.

— Paul Simon

I like them all. They're all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.

— Paul Simon

...what threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card but a…

— Paul Simon

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

— Paul Simon

I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you…

— Paul Simon

When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a…

— Paul Simon

One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to…

— Paul Simon

After all those years of automatic success, you don't get nervous any more. It's really necessary to be nervous and be a…

— 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…

— Paul Simon

Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works.…

— Paul Simon

I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren't bleedin' me.

— Paul Simon

I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.

— Paul Simon

People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I'm learning as I go.

— Paul Simon

Medicine is magical and magical is art, the boy in the bubble, and the baby with the baboon heart.

— Paul Simon

Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told.

— 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.

— Paul Simon

It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.

— Paul Simon

When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets.

— Paul Simon

It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.

— Paul Simon

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.

— Paul Simon

“A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest. - Paraphrased from The Boxer ”

— Paul Simon

Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive to the least powerful in our society.

— Paul Simon

Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm…

— Paul Simon

I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry…

— Paul Simon

Some people never say the words 'I love you'. It's not their style to be so bold. Some people never say those…

— 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…

— Paul Simon

I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we…

— Paul Simon

It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure...

— Paul Simon

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record.…

— Paul Simon

I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can…

— Paul Simon

I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though…

— Paul Simon

Although I was able to study music with teachers, I never studied lyric writing. I read poetry, and I read other lyricists.…

— Paul Simon

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And…

— Paul Simon

Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it…

— Paul Simon