![]() ![]() We made an album for Columbia called “Wednesday Morning, 3 A. Then, in 1963, Paul started writing songs-songs that were different. ![]() I wonder “How accurately am I reading it?” We had a small hit record in 1956 It was just rock ’n’ roll. All I want to do is understand the world. Even as you know it’s a dead end, there’s a stirring to know: “Is this really right?” The fact that people have so much trouble understanding each other drives me crazy. The “convergent thinker” takes the facts and thinks the world should make sense. Paul is the opposite-what I call a “divergent thinker.” He loves the idea of going off in different directions. I follow the use of logic to an end, rather than the play of ideas. The records became very personal to me I’d watch a song fall off from No. Each record was a colored dot on a vertical line. I’d keep charts of the top forty songs on big sheets of graph paper. We recorded our first song in one of those booths at Coney Island for twenty-five cents. G ARFUNKEL: When we were teenagers, we didn’t care so much about being good as about being popular. But I see the possibility now that I could be one, and that pop music could be an art form. I don’t take the title of “poet.” It would be a slap in the face of Wallace Stevens to do that. A lot of the things we’ve done have been hack. S IMON: I think a lot of the praise we’ve had is really not warranted. There have been tunes when I’ve had no defenses, and I felt like I was flying.Īnother of Simon’s songs, “The Sounds of Silence,” goes: Every time you drop a defense, you feel so much lighter. Then people can see you laid out, and they don’t hit, and they know you won’t hit them. ![]() It was so important to people that he should be true. I always thought it was a big shock to people when Bob Dylan’s name turned out to be Bob Zimmerman. I think if we ever lie, they’re going to catch us. If you go to work and try to digest them right away, though, the effect will be a kind of growth. The “in” person is not a different cat, but there’s a fantastic bombardment of stimuli thrown at you. G ARFUNKEL: People who have gone through our kind of experience in pop music are baffled by the role they’re in. ![]() I been Ayn Rand’d, nearly branded Communist, ’cause I’m left-handed. I am very grateful for a fulfilling career and, of course, most of all to the audiences who heard something in their music that touched their hearts.I been Norman Mailer’d, Maxwell Taylor’d, I been John O’Hara’d, McNamara’d, I been Rolling Stone’d and Beatle’d Till I’m blind. "I love making music, my voice is still strong, and my band is a tight, extraordinary group of gifted musicians," he explained. The Simon and Garfunkel star went on to say that he still loves music and if it weren't for the hearing loss he'd still be able to put on a good show for fans. Now I know: it feels a little unsettling, a touch exhilarating, and something of a relief." However, a return is still unlikely for now, as he added: "I've often wondered what it would feel like to reach the point where I'd consider bringing my performing career to a natural end. This is at least an outlet for thinking musically." "I've tried to rehearse with the guys in my touring band, to see if I could manage it. "I haven't figured out how to perform with the hearing loss," he said. Speaking to Mojo about his new music the Graceland musician said writing new songs is a "lifesaver" as his health problems make it difficult to rehearse and get back to playing live again. He briefly appeared at Newport Folk Festival last summer in a surprise return to the stage. The folk legend, 81, announced his retirement from touring in 2018 and played his final ever concert in Queens, New York - near where he grew up.ĭuring the final gig, Simon hinted that he would be "open" to playing "one-off" performances but would no longer be touring as he is battling hearing loss. Paul Simon has reunited his live band for rehearsals as he battles to end his enforced retirement from touring. ![]()
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