Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simonis an American musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Simon's fame, influence, and commercial success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, formed in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth13 October 1941
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
home passion men
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
frost lost notes
And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what weve lost.
fire rooms life-is
Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
play doe different
There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same pedals, so the sounds tend to be the same. I am looking for different ways of doing that without having to spend days and weeks and months fooling around with pedals, which I don't enjoy.
graduation memories long-ago
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
pain rocks islands
And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.
weather today needs
I get the news I need on the weather report And I have nothing to do today but smile
song writing interesting
The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn't really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
lying rain good-day
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
writing mystery songwriting
Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
humor special littles
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.
song mean trying
I like working with sound; sound and rhythm. I like the abstract more than "What does that mean?" Nobody ever says to you, "Why did you use a harmonium?" Or "What is that ringing sound that occurs here?" The questions are always "What does that song mean?" or "What were you trying to say here?"
humble use want
You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
moving artistic-life interesting
My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.