Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (Live)

Live from Central Park, 1991.

“Still Crazy After All These Years” is one of Paul Simon’s most quietly powerful songs, a reflective look at aging, memory, and the strange comfort of realizing that time hasn’t changed everything about who you are. Released in 1975, the song appears on Simon’s album of the same name, Still Crazy After All These Years, a record that marked a mature, introspective chapter in his solo career.

The song tells the story of running into an old love and feeling the weight of years gone by, not with regret, but with a kind of wry acceptance. Simon’s understated vocals and the gentle, jazz-tinged arrangement give the lyrics room to breathe, making the song feel intimate and conversational, as if he’s letting the listener in on a private thought.

On the charts, “Still Crazy After All These Years” reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, a modest showing compared to some of Simon’s bigger hits, but its cultural impact went far beyond chart positions. The song went on to win Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Album of the Year, cementing its place as one of the defining works of his career.

Decades later, the song still resonates because it speaks to a universal truth: growing older doesn’t mean losing yourself. Sometimes it just means realizing you’re still the same person inside, still a little crazy, and maybe that’s perfectly okay.