I really don't know what exactly all the songs mean. Sometimes other people have meanings and when I hear them I think, 'That's really a better meaning than I thought, and perfectly valid, given the words that exist.' So part of what makes a song really good is that people take in different meanings, and they apply them, and they might be more powerful than the ones I'm thinking.

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.

The words come. Usually, it's a long time before they come. And then when they start to come, it doesn't take so long for it to be finished. It takes a long time to begin. And then it sort of gets finished.

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.

And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what weve lost.

No one dare disturb the sound of silence...

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.