Paul Simon Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“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.”

“It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him.”

“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.”

“When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.”

“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 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.”

“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.”

“We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.”

“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?”