The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.

Life I love you, all is groovy.

Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales.

Most of the time, when I had hits as a soloist - maybe not so much with Simon & Garfunkel - I was surprised they were hits. I didn't know what the hits were. I never thought that 'Loves Me Like A Rock' was going to be a hit, or 'Mother And Child Reunion,' or '50 Ways To Leave Your Lover.' They didn't sound like what the hits sounded like at the time. Radio was more open to things that weren't exactly what every other hit was.

As soon as your mind knows that it's on and it's supposed to produce some lines, either it doesn't or it produces things that are very predictable. And that's why I say I'm not interested in writing something that I thought about. I'm interested in discovering where my mind wants to go, or what object it wants to pick up.

Couple in the next room bound to win a prize, they've been going at it all night long.