Paul Simon Tinkers With His Classics On 'In The Blue Light'
The famed singer-songwriter says his fourteenth album, out now, will be his last. Simon also tells NPR's David Greene that he's ready to stop touring.
by David Greene
Sep 07, 2018
1 minute
Paul Simon says he's ready to stop touring and retire from music. But first, he's going back through his discography to do a little tinkering.
Simon has releasedout now, is a collection of the famed singer-songwriter's older songs, rearranged â and in some cases, partially rewritten â to fix the things Simon didn't like about them the first time around. But don't call him a perfectionist. "I have nothing against the word," Simon says. "It just doesn't apply to me. You can't be perfect. It's either musical or it's not musical."
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