Quote

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.

Paul Simon

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Paul Simon
Told
Someone
Zoos
Happenings
Happening

More quotes by Paul Simon

Image
When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets.
Paul Simon
Image
Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
Paul Simon
Image
I like them all. They're all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
Paul Simon
Image
So I'll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
Paul Simon
Image
It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure.
Paul Simon
Image
The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn't really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
Paul Simon
Image
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.
Paul Simon
Image
In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down... or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame I am leaving! I am leaving but the fighter still remains.
Paul Simon
Image
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.
Paul Simon
Image
People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
Paul Simon
Image
The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.
Paul Simon
Image
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.
Paul Simon
Image
...music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
Paul Simon
Image
I'm going to Graceland, for reasons I cannot explain. There's some part of me wants to see Graceland. And I may be advised to defend every love, every ending, or maybe there's no obligations now. Maybe I've a reason to believe we all will be received in Graceland.
Paul Simon
Image
Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
Paul Simon
Image
Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.
Paul Simon
Image
I have my books and my poetry to protect me
Paul Simon
Image
When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
Paul Simon
Image
I've got a reason to believe we all be received in Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
Paul Simon
Image
There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
Paul Simon