Paul Simon is calling it quits

There must be 50 ways to leave a career, and Paul Simon has finally narrowed it down to one.

The musician and former Art Garfunkel partner has promised he won't write any more songs, he told NPR's All Songs Considered in an interview aired Wednesday. He'll wrap up a farewell tour later this month, and he affirmed in the Wednesday interview that the last album he'd write was the 2016 record Stranger to Stranger. Now, you can just call him retired.

Simon has another album slated for release this Friday, titled In the Blue Light. But the record is a "reimagining" of 10 previously written songs Simon wanted to "revisit," NPR explains, rather than a cache of new material. In fact, Simon told NPR, he hasn't "written a new song in a couple of years" because when he finished Stranger to Stranger, he "literally felt like a switch clicked" and realized he was "finished" with writing entirely.

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So after all these years — 62, to be exact — Simon opted to end a career that produced 14 solo albums and another five with Garfunkel. He's also won 16 Grammys, penned a Broadway musical, and wrote and starred in a film.

Looks like a post-retirement trip to Graceland is in order.