A French friend brought over a load of Gainsbourg vinyl and I worked my way through it: by the time I got to L'Histoire De Melody Nelson (1969) I was thinking, 'How can this man have died before I got… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“He wrote how he "needed to be by himself, so he could miss her, to get some perspective” — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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