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?”

“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.”

“I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.”

“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.”

“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.”

“My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.”

“I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.”

“Kodachrome... it gives us those nice, bright colors,gives us the greens of summers,makes ya think all the world's a sunny day,Oh yeah!I've got a Nikon camera, I'd love to take a photograph,so mama don't take...my Kodachrome away...”

“We note our place with bookmarkersThat measure what we've lost.”

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

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

“Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.”

“All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.”

“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.”

“My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.”

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

“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.”

“It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished.”

“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.”

“I've got nothing to do today but smile.”