Paul Simon > Quotes

“I've got nothing to do today but smile.”
― Simon and Garfunkel

“It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.”
― Paul Simon

“Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told.”
― Paul Simon

“I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
”
― Simon and Garfunkel, Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

“Sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.”
― Paul Simon

“And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.”
― Paul Simon, Lyrics 1964-2008

“Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die. ”
― Paul Simon

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

“Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again.”
― Paul Simon

“And you read your emily dickinson,
And I my robert frost.
And we note our place with bookmarkers
That measure what weve lost.”
― Paul Simon

“I have my books and my poetry to protect me”
― Simon and Garfunkel

“All I've got to do today is smile.”
― Paul Simon

“I know a man
He came from my home town
He wore his passion for his woman
Like a thorny crown
He said "Dolores
I live in fear
My love for you's so overpowering
I'm afraid that I will disappear”
― Paul Simon

“Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes”
― Simon and Garfunkel

“We note our place with bookmarkers
That measure what we've lost.”
― Simon and Garfunkel, Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

“Some people never say the words ‘I love you’. It’s not their style to be so bold. Some people never say those words: ‘I love you’ But, like a child, they’re longing to be told”
― Paul Simon

“Sail on silver girl, sail on by...your time has come to shine all your dreams are on their way...see how they shine..oh and if you need a friend. I'm sailing right behind......”
― Paul Simon

“Feelin' groovy!”
― Simon and Garfunkel

“Time it was
And what a time it was, it was
A time of innocence
A time of confidences

Long ago it must be
I have a photograph
Preserve your memories
They're all that's left you”
― Paul Simon, Lyrics 1964-2008

“I have my books and my poetry to protect me.”
― Paul Simon

“When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all”
― Paul Simon

“A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest.”
― Paul Simon

“And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.”
― Paul Simon

“Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.”
― Paul Simon

“A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest. - Paraphrased from The Boxer”
― Paul Simon

“I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told, and I have squandered my resistance, for a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises. All lies in jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest...la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lala-la-la-la-la...”
― Paul Simon

“A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around. He doesn't speak the language. He holds no currency. He is a foreign man. He is surrounded by the sound, sound of cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and orphanages. He looks around, around he sees angels in the architecture spinning in infinity and he says, "Amen" and "Hallelujah!”
― Paul Simon

“I get the news I need on the weather report
And I have nothing to do today but smile”
― Simon and Garfunkel

“She said a good day ain't got no rain
She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed
And I think of things that might have been”
― Paul Simon

“Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.”
― Paul Simon, The Definitive Paul Simon Songbook | Complete Sheet Music Collection with Lyrics and Chords | Over 150 Songs from Folk, Rock, and Pop | Melody Line and Guitar Chord Songbook for Study and Performance