And if you start to roll it together, that’s what you focus on.'Īrt Garfunkel, it seemed, had noticed Paul's insecurities and had used them at times to unsettle his singing partner. When asked what was the bad news he concentrated on, Simon said: 'Being short. I eventually realised, 'Jesus, all I’ve been looking at is this thin slice of pie that has got the bad news in it and I’m disregarding the rest of the picture'.' In 1984 he said: 'Most people look at me and wonder, “How could that guy be depressed?” And I now feel that people were seeing a more accurate picture of me than I was.

Paul was in and out of therapy and struggled with his mental health for many years. In just a few short years, Simon & Garfunkel had become millionaires, but cracks between the pair were beginning to show. The pair's next two albums Sound Of Silence and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme were big hits and when they recorded the soundtrack for The Graduate in 1967, the song 'Mrs Robinson' topped the charts for nine weeks straight. Read more: Art Garfunkel Calls Paul Simon ‘An Idiot’ For Splitting The Duo The album was mostly ignored by critics and public alike, however, 'The Sound of Silence' gathered momentum on its own.īecoming increasingly popular among university students who played the record on campus, in January 1966 - two years after its release - 'The Sound Of Silence' it went to number one in the Billboard charts. Both had been working on their music separately and Garfunkel was particularly impressed with a new song of Simon's 'The Sound Of Silence'.Ĭolumbia Records signed the duo who - despite worries they sounded a law firm - renamed themselves Simon & Garfunkel and in 1964 released the album Wednesday Morning, 3AM. The pair decided to give things another go.

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