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1 " I've got nothing to do today but smile. "
― Paul Simon
2 " We note our place with bookmarkersThat measure what we've lost. "
― Paul Simon , Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
3 " 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. "
4 " ...and all the people said 'What a shame that he's dead, but wasn't he a most peculiar man? "
5 " You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen. "
6 " Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told. "
7 " Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts. "
― Paul Simon , The Definitive Paul Simon Songbook
8 " Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die. "
9 " 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 "
10 " Time it wasAnd what a time it was, it wasA time of innocenceA time of confidencesLong ago it must beI have a photographPreserve your memoriesThey're all that's left you "
― Paul Simon , Lyrics 1964-2008
11 " Hello darkness, my old friendI've come to talk with you again. "
12 " But when someone says 'Paul Simon', don't you just inevitably think of a piece of wonder bread just sittin' there on a counter top? "
13 " It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good. "
14 " Sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears. "
15 " And a rock feels no pain;And an island never cries. "
16 " I have my books and my poetry to protect me "
17 " And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what weve lost. "
18 " All I've got to do today is smile. "
19 " Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes "
20 " Some people never say the words ‘I love you’. It’s not their style to be so bold. Some people never say those words: ‘I love you’ But, like a child, they’re longing to be told "
