Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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
Paul Simon

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

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a great deal of the time during Bridge, Artie wasn't there.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But I found it impossible to hold a dialogue with 500,000 people. In a certain sense, it was numbing.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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
Paul Simon

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.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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?

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

I 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.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

I always get very calm with baseball.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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