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
song writing pleasure
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.
way lovers
There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
strong wall philosophy
They've got a wall in China, it's a thousand miles long. To keep out the foreigners, they made it strong. And I've got a wall around me, you can't even see.
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.
wall believe bricks
Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
moving alcohol drug
I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
doors two numbers
Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door.
thinking two people
There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
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.
years trying pumps
After all those years of automatic success, you don't get nervous any more. It's really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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.
song moving stories
I see a correlation between short stories and songs, because of their length and for what they're meant to evoke. Combine certain words with melodies and it all becomes very moving.