The 81-year-old singer-songwriter, ex-member of the famous duo Simon & Garfunkel, is said to have lost hearing in his left ear recently, which has affected his ability to deliver concerts live.
Paul Simon gave himself up to the daily life of London The Times about his recent deafness. He is said to have lost his hearing during the writing period of his last album Seven Psalmswhich has just been published.
“Pretty suddenly, I lost almost all the hearing in my left ear, and no one could give me an explanation for that,” he said. So everything got more complicated. »
The artist who evokes the “frustration and annoyance” accompanying this hearing loss is philosophical in an interview, believing that this may not be a bad thing, since there are songs that he does not don’t want to sing anymore anyway.
“The songs that I don’t want to sing, I don’t sing them, but sometimes there are songs that I like, but at a certain point of my tour, I say to myself: but what are you crazy, Paul? It’s often when I sing You Can Call Me Al… I say to myself: you’re like a cover by Paul Simon, go home. »