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“I’ve gotten nowhere”: Fong-Torres, “Hello Darkness, My Old Friend.”
“Partly I’m looking forward to it”: Ibid.
Paul got in touch with Leslie Kong: John Sebastian, “A Conversation with Paul Simon,” Radio Today Entertainment, January 30, 1991; Paul Simon interview with Jerry Gilbert, Sounds, 1973.
Yet when he got to Kingston: Paul Simon interview with Inciardi.
He spent ten days in San Francisco: Author interview with Stefan Grossman.
“He paid for everything”: Ibid.
“Cut me open”: Fong-Torres, “Arthur Garfunkel: The Rolling Stone Interview.”
“Anybody who knows anything”: Jon Landau, “Paul Simon: The Interview.”
“At a certain point it became very hard”: Ibid.
“As I stand right now I have no partnership”: Ibid.
15 ■ THAT’S IT, THAT’S THAT GROOVE
“And in effect begin”: Paul Simon, affidavit in Paul Simon, Charing Cross Music, Inc., and CBS Records v. Edward B. Marks Music Corporation, Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, 1972.
“I think you’re the best”: Author interviews with Mike Tannen, 2013–2016.
The company’s first clients were Maggie and Terre: Roche, Blabbermouth.
“Paul Simon and Michael Tannen gave us”: Ibid.
“a student’s fantasy”: Sandra Shevey, “Simon Says: Pop Singer Paul Simon Talks About Women, Psychoanalysis, Being Short and Life Without Art Garfunkel,” Chicago Tribune, May 7, 1972.
208“The whole white male myth”: Ibid.
The new songs were upbeat: Author interview with David Hood, July 5, 2013.
Not entirely sure they were speaking: Interview with Barry Beckett, Paul Simon Songbook, BBC Radio, 1991.
“And I’m Artie Garfunkel!”: Author interview with David Hood.
“He wants to go”: Interview with Barry Beckett, Paul Simon Songbook, BBC Radio.
He went back to the notebook: Author interview with David Hood, July 5, 2013; author interview with Richard Blakin, June 13, 2014; author interview with Paul Samwell-Smith, May 1, 2014.
“I think he thought”: Author interview with David Hood.
“The joint custody arrangement”: Paul Simon interview with Paul Cowan, “The Odysseus of Urban Melancholy,” Rolling Stone, July 1, 1976.
“You pull up in front of a place”: Ibid.
Paul called Phil Ramone: Author interview with Chuck Israels; interview with Phil Ramone, Paul Simon Songbook, BBC Radio, 1991.
“Generally I can hold my own”: Author interview with Chuck Israels.
16 ■ THROUGH NO FAULT OF MY OWN
“Paul always gives you”: Fong-Torres, “Arthur Garfunkel: The Rolling Stone Interview.”
heard Paul play it in an earlier form: Chris Charlesworth, “Art Garfunkel: Art for Art’s Sake,” Melody Maker, October 1975.
Some days, he glided the streets: Cowan, “The Odysseus of Urban Melancholy.”
“The record companies couldn’t agree”: Wayne Robbins, “Simon & Garfunkel Reunite: It’s Paul, but Is It Art?” Rolling Stone, December 18, 1975.
“Isn’t it nice to win”: White, “Public Pitches and Stolen Moments with Pinin’ Simon.”
“slick professionalism”: Paul Nelson, “Pinin’ Simon: Still Slick After All These Years,” Rolling Stone, December 4, 1975.
when Aykroyd recalled seeing: Dan Aykroyd interview with Terri Gross, Fresh Air, NPR, November 22, 2004.
“It’s hard to get Paul to laugh”: Ibid.
“the folk-singing wimp”: Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad, Saturday Night: A Backstage History (New York: William Morrow and Company, 1986).
make sure his bald spot wasn’t too visible: Ibid.
“I’d still like to do some more stuff with Artie”: Lynn Van Matre, “The Pen Is Mightier Than the Stage to Songsmith Simon,” Chicago Tribune, November 9, 1975.
“I can’t go back”: Maureen Orth, “Simon Says,” Newsweek, December 15 1975.
“The hostilities started when Paul”: Author interview with Clive Davis; author interviews with Mike Tannen; Frederic Dannen, Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business (New York: Crown, 1990).
The arrogant little putz: Walter Yetnikoff, Howling at the Moon: The Odyssey of a Monstrous Music Mogul in an Age of Excess (New York: Broadway Books, 2004), p. 92.
“I didn’t like the guy”: Ibid.
“War clouds were rolling in”: Ibid.
“How dare you assume”: Author interviews with Mike Tannen.
Paul owed CBS one more studio album: Yetnikoff, Howling at the Moon, pp. 96–98.
reach a settlement: Dannen, Hit Men, p. 125.
17 ■ SWALLOWED BY A SONG
“His ego didn’t get in the way”: Jim Jerome, “Still Creative After All These Years,” People, November 30, 1980.
None of the leading stars: Dave Marsh, “What Do You Do When You’re Not a Kid Anymore and You Still Want to Rock and Roll?,” Rolling Stone, October 30, 1980.
Paul also accelerated his campaign: Jerome, “Still Creative After All These Years.”
“She’s really got the goods”: Ibid.
“’60s college-kid alienation”: Carrie Rickey, “One-Trick Pony Review,” Village Voice, October 8–14, 1980.
“Shouldn’t the dramatic catharsis”: Ibid.
“It was all a bit unsettling”: Author interview with Ariel Bruce.
18 ■ WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
Something great was coming next: Author interview with Lenny Waronker, June 2013.
Paul called Dr. Roderic Gorney: Author interview with Rod Gorney, November 21, 2014.
He was young, healthy, talented: Paul Simon interview with Tony Schwartz, Playboy.
At the end of the first session: Ibid.
“For me that was brilliant. And liberating”: Ibid.
telephone call from … concert promoter: Author interview with Ron Delsener, December 13, 2014; author interview with Lenny Waronker, May 2014; author interview with Russ Titelman, November 2014; Paul Simon interview with Tony Schwartz, Playboy.
“Nah. I thought you”: Interview with Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon Songbook, BBC Radio 6, 1991.
“Yes, it would seem”: Chris Charlesworth, “Art Garfunkel: Art for Art’s Sake.”
they could barely look at each other: Author interview with Bunny Freidus, December 12, 2014.
Paul’s first thought: Author interview with Ron Delsener.
Artie wanted to pick up: Ibid., and Paul Simon interview with Tony Schwartz, Playboy.
“We’re back from the boulevard”: Robert Palmer, “Simon & Garfunkel Take on Central Park,” New York Times, September 18, 1981.
“Fun is the key”: Ibid.
“We’ll stick Artie with the check”: Author interview with Mort Lewis.
“That,” he said, “is a great idea”: Ibid.
That was the plan: Thomas R. King, The Operator (New York: Random House, 2000).
“The songs are more like stories”: Chris Connelly, “Simon and Garfunkel Reunite in Central Park,” Rolling Stone, October 29, 1981.
“What did you expect?”: Author interview with Lenny Waronker, June 2013.
As Paul had made clear: Paul Simon interviews, Art Garfunkel interviews, Paul Simon Songbook, BBC Radio 6, 1991.
“This is exactly what’s gonna happen”: Author interview with Lenny Waronker, June 2013.
“What’s he doing?”: Ibid.
He resisted guidance: Author interview with Russ Titelman, November 2013.
“Don’t be hurt by my behavior”: Paul Simon interview with Tony Schwartz, Playboy.
“On a certain level”: Ibid.
“How can you carry that betrayal”: Ibid.
When they finally got onstage: Author interviews with Arlen Roth, 2014–2015.
“God, I felt great”: Paul Hendrickson, “Paul Simon: Two for the Road; In Town on Tour with Garfunkel,” Washington Post, August 13, 1983.
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nbsp; “You’re against this”: Author interview with Lenny Waronker, May 29, 2013; author interview with Russ Titelman, April 2, 2014.
“I guess I was supposed to conclude”: Art Garfunkel interview, Paul Simon Songbook, BBC Radio.
19 ■ THESE ARE THE ROOTS OF RHYTHM
“I not only don’t like you”: Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2008), p. 97.
Greenwich Village boutiques: John Swenson, “Simon’s Rhymin’, This Time to a Soweto Beat,” UPI, January 12, 1987.
Carrie’s drug use escalated: Tim Appelo, “Carrie Fisher Spills the Beans,” Savvy Woman, September 1990; Tim Appelo, “Still Crazy,” City Arts, April 1, 2009.
close to Penny Marshall: Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts (New York: New Harvest, 2012).
“We both did it”: Audience tape of concert, August 22, 1983.
“Here’s a song I wrote in 1966”: Ibid.
“the most convincing case”: Stephen Holden, “Paul Simon Uses Rock as a Springboard for the Mature Act,” New York Times, October 30, 1983.
“descend at the top”: Art Garfunkel’s handwritten notes for “Think Too Much” harmonies, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s library.
“You should talk to”: Author interview with Heidi Berg, December 12, 2015.
why don’t you go to South Africa: Ibid.
Waronker knew exactly whom: Author interview with Hilton Rosenthal, July 9, 2014.
Rosenthal had another idea: Ibid.
Make the calls: Ibid.
“Where’s my end?”: Author interview with Heidi Berg.
“I can introduce you to”: Harry Belafonte interview, Under African Skies, dir. Joe Berlinger, A&E Television Networks, 2013.
“I saw right then and there”: Ibid.
“It’s like having your dad”: Paul Simon interview, Under African Skies.
Stanley Corsi called back: Author interview with Hilton Rosenthal.
Founded by Dutch traders: Coplan, In Township Tonight!
The advent of recorded sound: Ibid.
When preeminent South African record label: Ibid.
A month or two after: Ibid.
“Almost like the greatest”: Charles M. Young, “Paul Simon: The Soweto Factor,” Sunday Times (UK), August 24, 1986.
“I am thinking, Who”: Joseph Shabalala interview, Under African Skies.
“The niggas were letting”: Author interview with Richard Milner.
20 ■ I’VE GOT NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR
“They both encouraged me”: Stephen Holden, “Paul Simon Brings Home the Music of Black South Africa,” New York Times, August 24, 1986.
“I wasn’t going there”: Randy Sue Coburn, “Ambassador of Music Paul Simon’s New Album a Bridge Over Troubled Cultures,” Chicago Tribune, August 24, 1986.
Shadowed by a handful: Jennifer Allen, “The Apostle of Angst,” Esquire, June 1987; James C. McBride, “Paul Simon, Under Fire at Howard; Irate Students Protest SA Album,” Washington Post, January 9, 1987.
“How could you go over there”: Ibid.
Batson shouted about cultural diffusion: Ibid.
“You don’t think it’s possible?”: Ibid.
“Reagan has my best”: Roy Coleman, “Paul Simon Breaks the Sound of Silence,” Melody Maker, 1980.
“an anachronism”: “Paul Simon/Pop Think-In: The Biggest Thing Dylan Has Got Going for Him Is His Mystique,” Melody Maker, April 30, 1966.
“Rhodesia,” Paul said, “causes a lot”: Ibid.
He felt the same way: Steven Van Zandt interview with Dave Marsh, Kick Out the Jams with Dave Marsh, Sirius/XM E Street Radio, 2014; Dan Solomon, “Steven Van Zandt Tells the Story of ‘Sun City’ and Fighting Apartheid in South Africa,” Fastcocreate, December 13, 2013, http://www.fastcocreate.com/3023454/steven-van-zandt-tells-the-story-of-sun-city-and-fighting-apartheid-in-south-africa.
Dozens of the era’s: Steven Van Zandt interview, Kick Out the Jams with Dave Marsh.
“Why are you defending that Mandela guy”: Ibid.
“You and Henry Kissinger”: Ibid.
Ronstadt was one of the elite: Aaron Latham, “Linda Ronstadt: Snow White in South Africa,” Rolling Stone, August 18, 1983.
“Authoritarian governments on the right”: Robert Christgau, “South African Romance,” Village Voice, September 26, 1986.
Born in Britain: Author interviews with Johnny Clegg, September 2014.
“This is very complicated”: Ibid.
“an artist completely opposed”: Michael Maren, “The Sins of Paul Simon,” Africa Report, July 1, 1987.
“I’ve got nothing to apologize for”: Ibid.
“funny statements”: Ibid.
“We think the whole episode”: Ibid.
It was galling: Author interview with Steve Berlin, February 4, 2014.
“just play something”: Ibid.
“Nope, nope, nope”: Ibid.
“I swear I’ll make it up to you”: Ibid.
“Wait, what’s that?”: Ibid.
Hidalgo led the rest: Ibid.
You don’t like it?: Ibid.
“They live, along with other South African”: Paul Simon acceptance speech for Graceland, Album of the Year, Grammy Awards, February 24, 1987.
21 ■ THE WHOLE WORLD WHISPERING
“To me … a moral position cannot be broken”: Ken Franckling, “Mandela Rally Draws 325,000,” UPI, June 23, 1990.
Paul got the idea while chatting: Paul Simon interview with Craig Inciardi, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s library.
he got a call from Quincy Jones: Ibid.; author e-mail interviews with Marco Mazzola, October–November 2013.
“Lyme disease” he noted: Paul Simon interview with Craig Inciardi, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s library.
Paul arrived at Mazzola’s studio: Author interview with Marco Mazzola.
The group had a staunch commitment: Dubner, “The Pop Perfectionist”; Carol Cooper, “The Noise from Brazil,” Elle, August 1989.
After hearing the fourteen-strong: Phil Ramone with Charles L. Granata, Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music (New York: Hyperion, January 1, 2007), p. 168.
When Paul followed the drummers’ trail: Paul Zollo, “Recording with Roy Halee,” Songtalk, April 1990.
The divorce from Carrie hadn’t taken: Ed Bradley interview with Carrie Fisher, 60 Minutes, CBS, January 6, 1991; Susan Wloszczyna, “Fisher’s Mother Lode: Hollywood’s Raconteur Strikes Gold,” USA Today, September 12, 1990; Diane Sawyer interview with Carrie Fisher, “Carrie’s Story: Carrie Fisher Discusses Battle with Drugs and Manic Depression,” ABC News, December 21, 2000.
Maybe the jungle held more spells: Timothy White, “The Rhythm Method: Paul Simon’s Solo Expeditions,” Goldmine, April 3, 1992; Carl Wayne Arrington, “Carrie Fisher: A Spy in Her Own House,” Time, October 15, 1990.
“He said, ‘Oh, that’s nothing’”: White, “The Rhythm Method.”
“It felt like it was pulsing”: Arrington, “Carrie Fisher: A Spy in Her Own House.”
“It’s not an argument”: Tim Appelo, “Carrie Fisher Spills the Beans,” Savvy Woman, September 1990; Tim Appelo, “Still Crazy,” City Arts, April 1, 2009.
Paul had spent a million dollars: Stephen Holden, “Paul Simon’s Journey to Brazil and Beyond,” New York Times, October 14, 1990.
“When Chris Botti”: Author interview with Chris Botti, November 19, 2013.
“I’d rather wish Paul well from afar”: Douglas Martin, “About New York; Just Simon in the Park, to Garfunkel’s Disappointment,” New York Times, August 14, 1991.
“I’m not good enough to be invited”: Ibid.
When the New Musical Express writer: Gavin Martin, “When the Saints Go Cashing In,” New Musical Express, October 27, 1990.
It happened just before 2:00 a.m.: Author interviews with Attie van Wyk, September 22, 2014; and Rory Steyn, September 2014.
“Three guys and a fax machine”: Author interview with Attie van
Wyk.
“We have always pointed”: Tom Cohen, “Militant South Africans to Protest Paul Simon Concerts Peacefully,” Associated Press, January 10, 1992.
“I think he showed his true self”: Author interview with Marco Mazzola.