Why Paul Simon thought he was never good at performing: “I don’t particularly like it”
Not ready for that limelight.
Paul Simon Archives: 01/2026
The Paul Simon song inspried by his first musical enemy: “I didn’t want to imitate”
A stonewall classic.
The singer Paul Simon couldn’t stand watching: “He’s not very interesting”
Not the kind of show he needed.
The one band Paul Simon could never take seriously: “Too much about haircuts”
Too fashionable for his taste.
The songwriters Paul Simon thinks are better than Bob Dylan: “It’s about whose songs last”
“I usually come in second.”
The singer Paul Simon called “one of the greatest voices of the 20th century”
A voice made of pure gold.
The defining masterpiece of Simon and Garfunkel’s songbook: “I have a particular feel that I could do really well”
“We were tapping into something that went way back for us…”