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.
Paul Simon

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
Paul Simon

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.
Paul Simon

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
Paul Simon

The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
Paul Simon

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
Paul Simon

There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
Paul Simon

There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
Paul Simon

We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry.
Paul Simon

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.
Paul Simon

We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But I found it impossible to hold a dialogue with 500,000 people. In a certain sense, it was numbing.
Paul Simon

We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys.
Paul Simon

We've survived by believing our life is going to get better.
Paul Simon

When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets.
Paul Simon

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
Paul Simon

When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a great deal of the time during Bridge, Artie wasn't there.
Paul Simon

Who am I to blow against the wind?
Paul Simon

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
Paul Simon

Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success.
Paul Simon

You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
Paul Simon