Paul Simon

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence. ↗

— Paul Simon

#prophets #silence #sounds #subway #tenements

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

— Paul Simon

#about #hopeful #nostalgic #something #sound

Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success. ↗

— Paul Simon

#enjoyed #i #never #success #voice

Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do the show with my band; he just wanted me on acoustic guitar. ↗

— Paul Simon

#acoustic guitar #artie #band #fought #guitar

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. ↗

— Paul Simon

#bargain #being #first #good #i

Facts can be turned into art if one is artful enough. ↗

— Paul Simon

#artful #enough #facts #into #turned

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

— Paul Simon

#bottom line #everyone #faith #island #line

Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do. ↗

— Paul Simon

#becomes #break #expect #had #harder

How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony. ↗

— Paul Simon

#harmony #how #much #sing #thirds

One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it. ↗

— Paul Simon

#agree #always #criticism #exception #i