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Paul Simon
October 13, 1941 -
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician

There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.

   

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.

   

We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys.

   

Listen to the sound of silence.

   

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

   

We've survived by believing our life is going to get better.

   

There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.

   

I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do.

   

I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.

   

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

   

Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success.

   

We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry.

   

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

   

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.

   

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 always get very calm with baseball.

   

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.

   

Facts can be turned into art if one is artful enough.

   

Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.

   

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.

   

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