To get the stuff out of you, especially if what you're dealing with is yourself, requires you to open up and touch tender spots. You have to be anesthetized a little bit.
Paul SimonI suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.
Paul SimonHaving a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
Paul SimonEvery time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales.
Paul SimonHide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
Paul SimonI just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying to say something, instead of it naturally coming out of me, like I was saying something that I already knew. Anyway, I can't remember what it was. And either I threw it all out or I threw 90 percent of it out, and kept a line or two. That's happened a couple of times to me. Not too often, but a couple of times. Very aggravating when it does happen.
Paul Simon