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. – Paul Simon
My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting. – 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
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
I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion. – Paul Simon
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. – Paul Simon
I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives. – Paul Simon
Artie is a singer, and I’m a writer and player and a singer. We didn’t work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that. – 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
I’m not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music. I can’t imagine myself not playing or singing or writing. It would just drive me crazy if I didn’t. – Paul Simon
I don’t believe what the papers are saying They’re just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that. – Paul Simon
I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it. – Paul Simon
As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won’t be put to death. – 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 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
I don’t think that Simon and Garfunkel as a live act compares to Simon and Garfunkel as a studio act. – Paul Simon
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die. – Paul Simon
Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do. – Paul Simon
I lived in an attached house. My father used to drive into the wrong driveway all the time. He’d say, Damn it, how do you tell one of these houses from another? – Paul Simon
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. – Paul Simon
