Quotes from Paul Simon

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.

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

Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.

Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.

Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.

Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion.

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.

Given all the facts that I'm young and I'm in good health and I'm famous - that I have talent, I have money - given all these facts, I want to know why I'm so unhappy.

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

One man's ceiling is another man's floor.

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.

One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it.

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.

The phrasing didn't work as well.

Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.

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

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

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

Sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.

And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.