Zitate und Sprüche von Art Garfunkel

I'm precise. I think in proportions. I play games with numbers, and I proportionalise.

Es war eine merkwürdige Phase in meinem Leben, als ich Simon & Garfunkel auf der Spitze unseres Erfolgs verlassen habe und Mathelehrer geworden bin. Ich habe über ein mathematisches Problem gesprochen und die Schüler gefragt, ob sie Fragen dazu haben, und sie haben gefragt, 'Wie sind die Beatles so?'

It was a weird stage of my life, to leave Simon & Garfunkel at the height of our success and become a math teacher. I would talk them through a math problem and ask if anyone had any questions, and they would say, 'What were the Beatles like?'

We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation.

Records became much cruder in the last 20 years. Let's put it that way.

Paul has more, I think, of a feel for the stage. Whereas I have it more for the notes themselves. I love record making and mixing, arranging, producing. That I love. I love to make beautiful things, but I don't like to perform.