Paul Simon Quotes

The dialogue between what's going on in the world and what's going on internally seems to be a natural thing - well, it's natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.

Maybe I think too much for my own good.

Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.

Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that's all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe's the exit that I'm looking for.

Losing love is like a window in your heart.

Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They're all that's left you

I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren't bleedin' me.

We're living in a certain time, and we're aware of it. And that's part of what we're aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.

I'm always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.

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

There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.

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.

I've got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.

I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island.

You have underestimated my power, as you will shortly discover.

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 in the next room bound to win a prize, they've been going at it all night long.

Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive to the least powerful in our society.

The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.

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.

Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales.

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

The only time that love is an easy game is when two other people are playing it.

I don't think that Simon and Garfunkel as a live act compares to Simon and Garfunkel as a studio act.

It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished.

She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said 'Be careful his bowtie is really a camera'

It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure.

...what threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card but a number of other things.

The problem is all inside your head, she said to me The answer is easy if you take it logically I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free There must be fifty ways to leave your lover.

Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

I know a man He came from my home town He wore his passion for his woman Like a thorny crown He said "Dolores I live in fear My love for you's so overpowering I'm afraid that I will disappear

...everything looks worse in black and white.

Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on.

I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried...I am a rock.

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

How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.

How can you live in the Northeast?

The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again

The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.

I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it.

I lived in an attached house. My father used to drive into the wrong driveway all the time. He'd say, Damn it, how do you tell one of these houses from another?

The public hungers to see talented young people kill themselves.

I get the news I need on the weather report And I have nothing to do today but smile

Medicine is magical and magical is art, the boy in the bubble, and the baby with the baboon heart.

Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.

I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.

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.

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.

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