In an interview with CBS Mornings, Simon opens up about the hearing loss he experienced four years ago during the making of his 2023 album, Seven Psalms, sharing, "It was incredibly frustrating. I was very angry at first that this had happened."
"I'm going through my repertoire and reducing a lot of the choices that I make to acoustic version," he explains. "It's all much quieter. It's not 'You Can Call Me Al.' That's gone. I can't do that one," referring to the 1986 Graceland track.