a Simon & Garfunkel scrapbook

Paul Simon on fine lyricists such as John Lennon and Bob Dylan.

“And the two of us
Went to this bar
And we stayed to close the place
And every song we played
Was for the Late Great Johnny Ace”

Lyrics from “The Late Great Johnny Ace” by Paul Simon

In memory of John Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980)

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Quote from the Tony Schwartz interview with Paul Simon in the February 1984 Playboy magazine.

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Art Garfunkel on his feelings about Simon & Garfunkel as a recording duo.

Original question: “Paul Simon has been open to reunion tours but not to recording new music as Simon and Garfunkel. How do you feel about that?”

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Quote from National Post’s March 2012 interview with Garfunkel. Read the complete Q&A.

Art Garfunkel on how terribly unstrange it is to be seventy-years old.

“Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly
How terribly strange to be seventy
Old friends, memory brushes the same years
Silently sharing the same fears”

by Simon & Garfunkel

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Quote from National Post’s March 2012 interview with Garfunkel. Read the complete Q&A.

Perry Meisel on the distinction between Art Garfunkel’s inspiration for songs as compared to Paul Simon’s.

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Quote from the Meisel review of Garfunkel’s debut album, Angel Clare, in Fusion, March 1974.

Read the full review