Simon & Garfunkel Quotes
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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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I've got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
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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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The phrasing didn't work as well.
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Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
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I didn't get how big it was until I went home, turned on the television and saw it on all the news, and later that night on the front pages of all the newspapers. Then I got 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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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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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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I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings.
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I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.
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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
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How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.
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We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys.
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People talking without speaking,/ People listening without hearing...Sounds of Silence.
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Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do the show with my band; he just wanted me on acoustic guitar.
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You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.
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A phenomenon occurs but because you're in the middle of it, you just think it's your life-until it's over. And then you look back and say, What an unusual thing happened to me in the '60s.
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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?"
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When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets.
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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away.