... Paul Simon: I Am A Rock Paul Simon said that the person or people in his poemwere sick ofsociety, and wanted to be isolated away from society. Herepresents this bysaying that they want ... loving I disdain." Hesaid that he doesn't want friendship because it just causes pain,and that thelaughter and loving he hates or despises. He wants to be leftalone, like itsays in ... society, and isolated. Just like in the last stanza, " ;a rock feels no pain,an island never cries."He wants to be like a rock, and like an island. Rocksdon't feel anypain, therefore,...