Quotes by Paul Simon

“I've got nothing to do today but smile.”

“I have my booksAnd 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.”

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

“Kodachrome... it gives us those nice, bright colors,gives us the greens of summers,makes ya think all the world's a sunny day,Oh yeah!I've got a Nikon camera, I'd love to take a photograph,so mama ...”

“...and all the people said 'What a shame that he's dead, but wasn't he a most peculiar man?”

“We note our place with bookmarkersThat measure what we've lost.”

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

“I know a manHe came from my home townHe wore his passion for his womanLike a thorny crownHe said "DoloresI live in fearMy love for you's so overpoweringI'm afraid that I will disappear”

“Some people never say the words I love you, for like a child theyre longing to be told.”

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

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

“Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.”

“Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.”

“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 would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work.”

“There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.”

“Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.”

“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.”

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

“And the war rages on in a land called somewhere And Generals order their men to kill And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten While a little cloud weeps on the side of a hill.”