Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simonis an American musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Simon's fame, influence, and commercial success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, formed in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth13 October 1941
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
writing long finished
The words come. Usually, it's a long time before they come. And then when they start to come, it doesn't take so long for it to be finished. It takes a long time to begin. And then it sort of gets finished.
nice simple track
It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
photography black-and-white looks
...everything looks worse in black and white.
couple believe writing
I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying to say something, instead of it naturally coming out of me, like I was saying something that I already knew. Anyway, I can't remember what it was. And either I threw it all out or I threw 90 percent of it out, and kept a line or two. That's happened a couple of times to me. Not too often, but a couple of times. Very aggravating when it does happen.
faces tomorrow
And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
rejection fifty way
Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
way lovers
There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
couple winning night
Couple in the next room bound to win a prize, they've been going at it all night long.
inspirational underestimated
You have underestimated my power, as you will shortly discover.
inspirational negative-words sky
Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
moving alcohol drug
I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
writing mind lines
As soon as your mind knows that it's on and it's supposed to produce some lines, either it doesn't or it produces things that are very predictable. And that's why I say I'm not interested in writing something that I thought about. I'm interested in discovering where my mind wants to go, or what object it wants to pick up.
emotional trying sentimental
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.
stuff littles spots
To get the stuff out of you, especially if what you're dealing with is yourself, requires you to open up and touch tender spots. You have to be anesthetized a little bit.