Author: Paul Simon

Quotes

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

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

- Paul Simon

As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.

As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.

- Paul Simon

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

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

- Paul Simon

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

- Paul Simon

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

- Paul Simon

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 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.

- Paul Simon

Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.

Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.

- 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.

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

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

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

- Paul Simon

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