Paul Simon Quotes

“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.”

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

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

“I think my hight had the most significant single effect on my existence, aside from my brain. In fact, it's part of an inferior-superior syndrome. I think I have an inferior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.”

“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.”

“I'm not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music. I can't imagine myself not playing or singing or writing. It would just drive me crazy if I didn't.”

“I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.”

“She said a good day ain't got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been”

“Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.”

“Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.”

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

“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.”

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

“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”

“People talking without speaking,/ People listening without hearing...Sounds of Silence.”

“I 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 he wants to hear and disregards the rest...la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lala-la-la-la-la...”

“When I first heard Elvis perform "Bridge Over Trouble Water" it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?”

“Listen to the sound of silence.”

“Just 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 key, Lee, and get yourself free.”

“Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.”

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

“I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we'll make peace with each other . . . No rush.”

“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.”

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

“Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.”