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
mother children writing
Most of the time, when I had hits as a soloist - maybe not so much with Simon & Garfunkel - I was surprised they were hits. I didn't know what the hits were. I never thought that 'Loves Me Like A Rock' was going to be a hit, or 'Mother And Child Reunion,' or '50 Ways To Leave Your Lover.' They didn't sound like what the hits sounded like at the time. Radio was more open to things that weren't exactly what every other hit was.
love family children
Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told.
mother children eggs
I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
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Fat Charlie the archangel files for divorce, he says, well this will eat up a year of my life, and there's all that weight to be lost.
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Sail on, Silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine
listening people songs talking voices
People talking without speaking,/ People listening without hearing,/ People writing songs that voices never shared.
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Between the ages of 15 and 22, I had made only one very minor hit, so I expected everything to be a flop. I was utterly amazed that The Sound of Silence was a big hit.
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Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself, how it's strange that some rooms are like cages, Sonny's yearbook from high school is down from the shelf and he idoly thumbs through the pages. Some have died, some have fled from themselves, or struggled from here to get there. Sonny wonders beyond his interior walls, runs his hands through his thining brown hair.
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I fall to my knees, shake a rattle at the sky, I'm afraid that I'll be taken, abandoned, and forsaken in her cold coffee eyes.
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I was greatly reassured that she was acting in the best interest of journalists and the public.
car physically please taken
She was physically forgottenThen she slipped into my pocketWith my car keysShe said you've taken me for grantedBecause I please you
emotions love maybe near
She says, maybe these emotions are as near to love as love will ever be.
hair noticed
She comes back to tell me she's gone. As if I didn't know that, as if I didn't know my own bed. As if I'd never noticed the way she brushed her hair from her forehead.
alright guess limited looked sort
She looked me over and I guess she thought I was alright. Alright in a sort of limited way for an off-night.