Simon & Garfunkel Quotes
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Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.
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My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it.
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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.
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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.
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Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
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It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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To get the stuff out of you, especially if what you're dealing with is yourself, requires you to open up and touch tender spots. You have to be anesthetized a little bit.
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And she said 'Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you're blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.'
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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we'll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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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.
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The risk of failure is part of the fun of what I do.
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There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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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.
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We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
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I've got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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Philip Larkin didn't write for several years before his life ended. And when he was asked why he didn't write, he said the muse deserted him. And when I read that, it really had a profound effect upon me, sort of scared me. So that's why I think I have no right to assume that some thought is going to come... But I think, in my imagination, if it is it, there will probably be something else I'm interested in.
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Medicine is magical and magical is art, the boy in the bubble, and the baby with the baboon heart.
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The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.
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Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
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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.
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And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you.
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I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that.
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.