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
thinking laughing
The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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.
heart two body
Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won't come undone.
song writing guitar
By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
song strong bridges
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.
thinking unusual-things looks
A phenomenon occurs but because you're in the middle of it, you just think it's your life-until it's over. And then you look back and say, What an unusual thing happened to me in the '60s.
night lasts lovers
I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
kings communication boys
Big box just wasn't our strength. We are a men's and boy's specialty store focused on providing high quality clothing with custom tailoring. Our customer is king. When we had seven stores, communication between the stores and with our customers became more disconnected. We started to lose that great family 'camaraderie' that is essentially the key to our success.
information lasers signals
These are the days of lasers in the jungle, staccato signals of constant information...
fun risk
The risk of failure is part of the fun of what I do.
jobs work believe
We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away.
song favorite-song
I like them all. ... They're all pictures of me when I wrote them. ... I have no favorite songs.
moving thinking play
Instead of thinking in terms of chords, I think of voice-leading; that is, melody line and bass line, and where the bass line goes. If you do that, you'll have the right chord. [These voices] will give you some alternatives, and you can play those different alternatives to hear which one suits your ear... Keep the bass line moving so you don't stay in one spot: if you have an interesting bass line and you roll it against the melody, the chords are going to come out right.
thinking too-much my-own
Maybe I think too much for my own good.