Paul SimonI have my books and my poetry to protect me ✨ Song: I Am a Rock, Album: The Paul Simon Songbook374Reading
Paul SimonJust slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don't need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don't need to discuss much, just drop off the … ▶363Love
Paul SimonSome people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told.375HumanityLove
Paul SimonTime 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 375Time
Paul SimonHow can you live in the Northeast? ✨ Song: How Can You Live In The Northeast, Album: Surprise, 2006376Hope
Paul SimonFacts can be turned into art if one is artful enough.321Truth
Paul SimonIt's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.332Life
Paul SimonI've got nothing to do today but smile. ✨ Song: The Only Living Boy In New York365Life
Paul SimonYou want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen. ✨ Paul Simon (2012). Lyrics 1964 - 2011, p.489, Simon and Schuster354Humanity
Paul Simon...everything looks worse in black and white. ✨ Song: Kodachrome344Love
Paul SimonI don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do.355Thought
Paul SimonI don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.366HopeReflection
Paul SimonHaving a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.378Humanity
Paul SimonMost of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's going along with a story, like I do in life, just talking to m… ▶367HumorLifeThought
Paul SimonNor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same324Politics
Paul SimonI am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told, and I have squandered my resistance, for a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises. All lies in jest, still a man hears what… ▶302Reading
Paul SimonWe've survived by believing our life is going to get better.368Life
Paul SimonWho am I to blow against the wind? ✨ Song: I Know What I Know, Album: Graceland335Death
Paul SimonHow much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.347Love
Paul SimonOne man's ceiling is another man's floor. ✨ Song: One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor303Politics
Paul SimonWho's gonna love you when your looks are gone? ✨ Song: Outrageous336Love
Paul SimonI 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. … ▶369Reading
Paul SimonI think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.281Thought
Paul SimonI don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that.3710Philosophy
Paul SimonSomeone told me it's all happening at the zoo. ✨ Song: At The Zoo281Humanity
Paul SimonPeople often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.281Humanity
Paul SimonI'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.326Thought
Paul SimonAnybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.315Humor
Paul SimonI really don't know what exactly all the songs mean. Sometimes other people have meanings and when I hear them I think, 'That's really a better meaning than I thought, and perfect… ▶293HumanityPhilosophyPolitics
Paul SimonSo I'll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall. ✨ Song: Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall, Album: The Paul Simon… ▶261LifeReading
