The 1986 hit Peter Gabriel crowned “the most extraordinary lyrics ever written on a rock song”
“He’s written so many great songs.”
Paul Simon Archives: 05/2026
The one musician “nobody comes close to”, according to Paul Simon
The absolute peak of musicianship.
The 1986 song Paul Simon couldn’t stand performing: “I got to get out of here”
A little bit played out at this point.
“I didn’t even know what I was playing”: how Simon and Garfunkel stumbled into a 1968 classic
The track reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
The songwriter James Taylor crowned one of America’s greatest: “Such a broad palette”
“An unusually rich and full world…”
The 1971 John Lennon song that left a bad taste in Paul Simon’s mouth: “Pointless”
“He strikes me as being very interested in being seen or heard.”