“A pleasure to read straight through, like a novel or abiography.”

– Booklist

“The extent of Mr. Simon’s genius hits you like a shot.... In aHemingway-size fistful of words, he creates a world as precise as any.... Anessential document of arguably the greatest popular songwriter of our time.”

– The New York Observer

“It's almost impossible to read, and not mentally sing, his familiarlines.”

– Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“Long overdue, but well worth the wait.”

– Madison County Herald