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.

Quote by Paul Simon

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When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about...

When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about...

I'm not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music....

I'm not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music....

Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After...

Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After...

Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all...

Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all...

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully....

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully....

Who am I to blow against the wind?

Who am I to blow against the wind?

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent

I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then...

I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then...

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

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

When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks...

When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks...

My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.

My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.

I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it.

I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it.

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He...

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He...

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

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

I always get very calm with baseball.

I always get very calm with baseball.

Time, time, time, See what's become of me, While I look around all my possibilities

Time, time, time, See what's become of me, While I look around all my possibilities

We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate...

We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate...

My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm...

My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm...

We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But...

We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But...