Paul Simon Quotes

Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.

Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel

• Song
• Glory
• Burst

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • Song
  • Words
  • Influence

• I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I shouldn't be thinking about what the fans want, I shouldn't be thinking about what the radio wants, what the label wants, what your manager wants, a song for the chicks, a song for the street.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Thinking
  • Song
  • Artist

• When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically.

  

  Walter Becker China Crisis
  • Song
  • Spirit
  • Cooperation

• As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Song
  • Hate
  • Sad

• People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • People
  • World
  • Work

• I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or another, from this country or from another country, but we're all basically the same. It's just the same with songs.

  

  Yael Naim
  • People
  • Music
  • Country

• If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

  

  Barry Mann
  • Song
  • Inspiration
  • Plumber

• Sometimes videos make a bad song very tight.

  

  Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
  • Bad
  • Song
  • Sometimes

• One of my favorite albums in the world is Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska.' Each song has this very distinct character who has something profound to say.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • World
  • Character
  • Song

• When I see things that are inspiring, I must write a song about it. Some people make a t-shirt or slap something on a wall with paint, but I must make music and freestyle rap.

  

  Flula Borg
  • People
  • Music
  • Song

• My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's 'I Remember Sky.' It's probably the saddest song of all time; I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Song

• What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.

  

  Daisy Berkowitz
  • Song
  • You
  • Band

• The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • People
  • Glory
  • Chief

• I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that I'm ever gonna write a song that you will know who it's about.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • Song
  • Know
  • Famous

• I'd like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun!

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Fun
  • Song
  • Wall

• I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for 'The Wilderness' and try to be confident and not overwhelmed by it.

  

  Samantha Harvey
  • Writing
  • Song
  • Decision

• I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. So most of my songs come in a play form, you know, where there are characters and stories, so I like to go beyond just the song sometimes.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Music
  • Stories
  • Songs

• It might crush a lot of people, but I've never been in the room with an artist that I've written a song for.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • People
  • Song
  • Artist

• We like the ambiance and atmosphere, and we felt really early that... I mean, of course, Air is an electronic band, but we are doing so many real recordings and the studio is so important for the sound. The acoustics create atmosphere and emotion. Also we want to be independent, we don't want to be obliged to go into a commercial studio and only stay one week because it's really expensive. We want to be able to give a chance to a song, and to spend a lot of time in the studio.

  

  Jean-Benoît Dunckel Air
  • Real
  • Song
  • Giving

• I'm a rugby player, really, and I knew I was going to get to him, and when he was about two yards away I just put my head down. There was no malice. I was going for the ball with my head, which I understand is a legitimate move in soccer.

  

  Boris Johnson
  • Player
  • Soccer

• At least have the decency in you / To leave me alone, when you freaks see me out / In the streets when I'm eating or feeding my daughter

  

  Marshall Bruce Mathers III Bad Meets Evil'
  • Daughter
  • Eating
  • Freak

• On the other hand, famous evolutionists such as Dobzhansky were firm believers in a personal God. He would work as a scientist all week and then on Sunday get down on his knees and pray to God. Frankly I've never been able to understand it because you would need two totally different compartments in your brain, one that deals with religion and the other with everything else.

  

  Ernst Mayr
  • God
  • Religion
  • Scientists

• Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.

  

  Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel
  • Song
  • Glory
  • Burst