Checking In
March, 1981
We sent novelist and free-lance writer Bruce Pollock to interview Paul Simon. They met at a New York City recording studio on the edge of Tin-Pan Alley.[Q] Playboy: Did Mrs. Garfunkel ever think of you as a bad influence on her son?[A] Simon: Oh, no. I didn't lead him into the wild life; he got into it on his own, later on, when he grew up. We both got hooked on rock 'n' roll at the same time, listening to Alan Freed's Moon Dog Show and the Everly Brothers. Artie was always a singer at school. H...
