Paul Simon calls it quits, says he's 'finished' writing music
With his farewell tour just about to wrap up soon, Paul Simon has suggested that his six-decade-long songwriting career might finally be "finished".
“Well, I haven't written a new song in a couple of years now,” the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer said in a recent interview with NPR. “I think after [2016 album] 'Stranger to Stranger', a funny thing happened when I finished — I literally felt like a switch clicked and I said, 'I'm finished.'”
Whether Simon actually intends to completely cut off from his music career remains to be seen. But judging by the NPR interview, Simon is definitely treating his final performances and new album as a conclusion to a prolific career that has produced 14 studio albums, an additional 5 with Art Garfunkel as a part of Simon & Garfunkel and a Broadway musical (The Capeman). Along the way, he has picked up a staggering 16 Grammy Awards and also wrote and starred in the 1980 film 'One-Trick Pony'.