Paul Simon Quotes

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

Music, Die, Until

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.
Paul Simon

Heart, Real, Fashion

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

Humble, Find, Place

As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.
Paul Simon

Death, Long, Put

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
Paul Simon

Humor, Time, Everything

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
Paul Simon

Life, Hard, Why

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

Lies, Rest, Hear

I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings.
Paul Simon

Him, Question, Emotion

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

Life, Believing, Survived

Who am I to blow against the wind?
Paul Simon

Against, Wind, Blow

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

Work, Good, Bad

A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest.
Paul Simon

Rest, Wants, Sees

My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.
Paul Simon

Life, Music, Cannot

I don't like fashion. It's very heartless.
Paul Simon

Fashion, Heartless

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
Paul Simon

Good, Chance, Leave

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.
Paul Simon

Work, Together, Creative

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.
Paul Simon

Hope, Talent, Growing

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
Paul Simon

Mother, Said, Child

Listen to the sound of silence.
Paul Simon

Silence, Listen, Sound

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.
Paul Simon

Criticism, Actually, Took

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

Someone, Happening, Zoo

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
Paul Simon

Company, Stay, Finished

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

Silence, Words, Written

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

Romantic, Sound, Hopeful

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

Success, Voice, Enjoyed

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Nationality: American

Born: October 13, 1941

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