Simon & Garfunkel Quotes

Paul Simon’s songs and the harmonies he shared with Art Garfunkel created some of the most beautiful music of the 1960s. Here is the story of the duo, a guide to their essential songs and a set of original lines inspired by their music.

The story of Simon & Garfunkel

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel grew up a few streets apart in Queens, New York, and started singing together as teenagers. Their first album as Simon & Garfunkel, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964), sold poorly, but a new electric version of “The Sound of Silence” went to number one in 1966 and changed everything.

Songs such as “Mrs. Robinson”, written for the film The Graduate, and albums such as Bookends and Bridge over Troubled Water (1970) made them stars. They split in 1970, at the height of their success. In 1981 they reunited for a free concert in New York’s Central Park in front of around half a million people.

Songs that say it best

• The Sound of Silence (1965): a song about people who no longer truly listen to each other.
• Scarborough Fair/Canticle (1966): an old English ballad combined with a quiet anti-war song.
• Mrs. Robinson (1968): their hit from The Graduate.
• America (1968): a road-trip song about searching for something you cannot name.
• The Boxer (1969): the story of a poor young man fighting to survive in the city.
• Bridge over Troubled Water (1970): a song about being there for someone in their darkest moment.

Quotes inspired by Simon & Garfunkel

The lines below are our own, written by the Pretty Phrases team in the spirit of the music of Simon & Garfunkel. They are not song lyrics and they are not statements by the artists.

1. Listen more than you speak; silence has a lot to say.
2. Be the bridge for someone who is struggling.
3. Friendship is the best harmony two voices can make.
4. Some journeys are about looking for yourself.

5. Home is not a place; it is a feeling you carry.
6. Every fighter deserves someone in their corner.
7. Slow down; life is not a race.
8. Words matter, but presence matters more.

9. Old friends are a treasure that grows with time.
10. Find beauty in the quiet moments.
11. When the world is loud, sing softly.
12. Hold on; troubled water does not last forever.

Simon & Garfunkel sang about the things that connect us. Share these lines with an old friend.