Quote

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.

Paul Simon

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Paul Simon
Question
Anything
Barry
Believe
Entertained
People
Sings
Touches
Emotionally
Moved
Emotion

More quotes by Paul Simon

Image
Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
Paul Simon
Image
And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
Paul Simon
Image
A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I'm very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I've never been a sex symbol. I'm spared the embarrassment of acting young.
Paul Simon
Image
I have my books and my poetry to protect me
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
Losing love is like a window in your heart.
Paul Simon
Image
Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on.
Paul Simon
Image
Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
Paul Simon
Image
The death penalty is reserved for people who do not
Paul Simon
Image
And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what weve lost.
Paul Simon
Image
A phenomenon occurs but because you're in the middle of it, you just think it's your life-until it's over. And then you look back and say, What an unusual thing happened to me in the '60s.
Paul Simon
Image
I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
Paul Simon
Image
I think my hight had the most significant single effect on my existence, aside from my brain. In fact, it's part of an inferior-superior syndrome. I think I have an inferior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.
Paul Simon
Image
Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales.
Paul Simon
Image
And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
Paul Simon
Image
There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same pedals, so the sounds tend to be the same. I am looking for different ways of doing that without having to spend days and weeks and months fooling around with pedals, which I don't enjoy.
Paul Simon
Image
They've got a wall in China, it's a thousand miles long. To keep out the foreigners, they made it strong. And I've got a wall around me, you can't even see.
Paul Simon
Image
Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
Paul Simon
Image
The dialogue between what's going on in the world and what's going on internally seems to be a natural thing - well, it's natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.
Paul Simon
Image
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.
Paul Simon