Creativity Quote by Art Garfunkel

Garfunkel is making a pitch for permanence in a culture that’s been trained to treat music like disposable content. The line “tuned such that we crave” is doing double duty: it’s a musician’s metaphor, but it’s also an argument that taste isn’t merely trendy or algorithmic. He’s insisting there’s something almost physiological about wanting melody that lifts and lyrics that land. Not “we like it,” but “we’re built for it.” That’s a subtle rebuttal to the idea that pop is only about novelty, branding, or vibe.

The subtext is generational and a little defensive, in the dignified way legacy artists get when the ground shifts under them. Garfunkel came up in an era when “great song” meant craft you could hum, lines you could quote, and emotional clarity that didn’t require a backstory. By saying a great song is “timeless,” he’s not just praising songwriting; he’s protecting a standard. Melody and lyric become a kind of moral center: proof that there’s still a baseline of shared feeling even when the market fragments into micro-scenes.

He also slips in a quiet belief in an audience that can’t be fully engineered. “Somebody writes” leaves room for the solitary songwriter myth, but “we are going to feel something” shifts the power back to listeners. In a moment when streaming metrics can replace judgment, Garfunkel’s claim is almost radical: the human ear and heart still have veto rights.