Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon

from hardlyhardy

"The people who call you a poet are people who never read poetry. Like poetry was something defined by Bob Dylan." - Paul Simon, quoted in "Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon" by Peter Ames Carlin Of all the adjectives one might use to describe Paul Simon, humble is not likely to be among the...

from nighthawk4486

There are generally two types of musical biographies - the one that focuses on the music and the one that focuses on the personal life (usually not complimentary). Thankfully, this is the former type of bio. While Carlin certainly does his due diligence on Simon's early life, once the career begi...

from CharlesBoyd

I found this biography of Paul Simon interesting, with details of his life and, perhaps, more interesting when the author gives insights as to how the songs Simon has written over the years came to be. An example, "Kathy's Song" was written about a young woman he had a romance with when he was a ...

from Micheller7

Simon and Garfunkle was perhaps my favorite singing group, beginning in my teens and for years after that. I still have five of their record albums - three by the duo, and one each from Simon and Garfunkle separately, from their period after their first breakup. I have audio tapes as well. I got ...

from DanaJean

In Homeward Bound, Paul Simon doesn't sound like he's much of a team player. He won't give credit where credit is due, he takes what he wants, without asking, he's arrogant and cocky. Little Man Syndrome right here. The book itself had so much information, many things I wasn't even aware of. Some...