Not so much that I wanted to give up rock writing, but I also wanted to try something new. So I moved to a crumbling stately heap on top of a hill in the middle of nowhere in southwest France,… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share Image
Even though it felt completely natural - strangely enough - recording an album, I was very shy about making it public. — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
The difference between fiction and journalism is that you can disguise the characters, so you won't get your legs broken, and there's no interview… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
There's that old cliché which has a lot of basis in truth, that all music journalists are failed rock stars. They all harbour the… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
“You finish listening to a song of Leonard's and you know he's said everything he had to say, he didn't let the song go… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
“She also asked him his views on marrige and monogamy given the imminent arrival of his second child with Suzanne. "I think marrying is… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
“He wrote how he "needed to be by himself, so he could miss her, to get some perspective” — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
“I had wonderful love but I did not give back wonderful love, I was unable to reply to their love. Because I was obsessed… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
Leonard Cohen can give you "Leonard Cohen" - the self-deprecating wit, the slow, considered speech, the perfectly-honed anecdote - Tom Waits is far more… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
“It’s the first time I’ve really enjoyed dancing. I sometimes even forget I belong to an inferior race. The Twist is the greatest ritual… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
“What I mean by depression isn't just the blues, it's not just like a hangover from the weekend,or the girl didn't show up or… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
Everybody was in tears. You turned on the radio or the television, and it was nothing but Gainsbourg. With typical British music journalist disdain,… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
I love Tom [Waits] for the same reason I love Leonard Cohen, which is that they are both one-offs, templates; they both seemed old,… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
I didn't want to live in LA again, although I'd go back every couple of months to do an interview, usually with a heavy… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
“I don’t know which side everybody’s on any more, and I don’t really care. There is a moment when we have to transcend the… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share
