Paul Simon's health has taken a drastic change in the last few years — but he's still pushing through. During an interview with, the 81-year-old musician revealed that he recently suffered from unexpected hearing loss that has changed how he approaches his music career.While recording his latest album,, Simon noticed the hearing in his left ear was deteriorating. «Quite suddenly I lost most of the hearing in my left ear, and nobody has an explanation for it,» he says in. «So everything became more difficult.
My reaction to that was frustration and annoyance; not quite anger yet, because I thought it would pass, it would repair itself.»Simon's hearing has yet to repair itself, and after decades of making music and touring, the music legend says that it could be a good thing, as it allows him to finally step away from performing the songs he doesn't want to anymore.«The songs of mine that I don’t want to sing live, I don’t sing them,» he tells the publication. «Sometimes there are songs that I like and then at a certain point in a tour, I’ll say, 'What the f**k are you doing, Paul?' Quite often that would come during 'You Can Call Me Al.' I’d think, 'What are you doing?
You’re like a Paul Simon cover band. You should get off the road, go home.'»Simon's last tour was 2018's Homeward Bound — The Farewell Tour.
The veteran musician toured North America, the United Kingdom and Europe. Although he has not toured since, he is still making music though maybe not for long.
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