Paul Simon Quotes

Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.

I didn't get how big it was until I went home, turned on the television and saw it on all the news, and later that night on the front pages of all the newspapers. Then I got it.

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.

Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.

It was easier than explaining DiMaggio's use as a metaphor.

The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.

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.

Jay Ashby is simply a great musician!

Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes

I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers, still crazy after all these years.

All I've got to do today is smile.

Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door.

Journalists should be people in whom there is at least a flicker of hope.

We note our place with bookmarkersThat measure what we've lost.

...and all the people said 'What a shame that he's dead, but wasn't he a most peculiar man?

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