Quotes from Paul Simon

By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.

Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do the show with my band; he just wanted me on acoustic guitar.

Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out.

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

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

There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.

I don't like fashion. It's very heartless.

Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They're all that's left you

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.

Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales.

The only time that love is an easy game is when two other people are playing it.

It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished.

I lived in an attached house. My father used to drive into the wrong driveway all the time. He'd say, Damn it, how do you tell one of these houses from another?

Life I love you, all is groovy.

All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That's the whole point.

We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But I found it impossible to hold a dialogue with 500,000 people. In a certain sense, it was numbing.

You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.

When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a great deal of the time during Bridge, Artie wasn't there.

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

Listen to the sound of silence.

And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you

I'm not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music. I can't imagine myself not playing or singing or writing. It would just drive me crazy if I didn't.

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

Losing love is like a window in your heart.