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> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/not-so-much-that-i-wanted-to-give-up-rock-writing-but-i-also-wanted/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

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## More by Sylvie Simmons

> [Even though it felt completely natural - strangely enough - recording an album, I was very shy about making it public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/even-though-it-felt-completely-natural-strangely-enough-recording-an/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/the-difference-between-fiction-and-journalism-is-that-you-can/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/there-s-that-old-clich-which-has-a-lot-of-basis-in-truth-that-all/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/you-finish-listening-to-a-song-of-leonard-s-and-you-know-he-s-said/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [“She also asked him his views on marrige and monogamy given the imminent arrival of his second child with Suzanne. "I think marrying is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/she-also-asked-him-his-views-on-marrige-and-monogamy-given-the/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [“He wrote how he "needed to be by himself, so he could miss her, to get some perspective”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/he-wrote-how-he-needed-to-be-by-himself-so-he-could-miss-her-to-get/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [“I had wonderful love but I did not give back wonderful love, I was unable to reply to their love. Because I was obsessed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/i-had-wonderful-love-but-i-did-not-give-back-wonderful-love-i-was/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [Leonard Cohen can give you "Leonard Cohen" - the self-deprecating wit, the slow, considered speech, the perfectly-honed anecdote - Tom Waits is far more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/leonard-cohen-can-give-you-leonard-cohen-the-self-deprecating-wit-the/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/it-s-the-first-time-i-ve-really-enjoyed-dancing-i-sometimes-even/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/what-i-mean-by-depression-isn-t-just-the-blues-it-s-not-just-like-a/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [Everybody was in tears. You turned on the radio or the television, and it was nothing but Gainsbourg. With typical British music journalist disdain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/everybody-was-in-tears-you-turned-on-the-radio-or-the-television-and/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [ 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,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/i-love-tom-waits-for-the-same-reason-i-love-leonard-cohen-which-is/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [I'm not trying to ally myself with the rock stars of the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/i-m-not-trying-to-ally-myself-with-the-rock-stars-of-the-universe/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/i-didn-t-want-to-live-in-la-again-although-i-d-go-back-every-couple/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/i-don-t-know-which-side-everybody-s-on-any-more-and-i-don-t-really/)

[Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/)

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