The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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.
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.
Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.
People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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 always get very calm with baseball.
My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.
My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.
I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that.
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?
I don't think that Simon and Garfunkel as a live act compares to Simon and Garfunkel as a studio act.
Facts can be turned into art if one is artful enough.
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.
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.
Listen to the sound of silence.