I have my books and my poetry to protect me.
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.
I don’t think that Simon and Garfunkel as a live act compares to Simon and Garfunkel as a studio act.
I don’t believe what the papers are saying They’re just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that.
As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won’t be put to death.
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.
Who am I to blow against the wind?
We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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.
My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.
Listen to the sound of silence.
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.
I don’t like fashion. It’s very heartless.
I’m more interested in what I discover than what I invent.
Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo.
Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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.