Even though it felt completely natural - strangely enough - recording an album, I was very shy about making it public. — Sylvie Simmons Albums 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… — Sylvie Simmons Broken 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… — Sylvie Simmons Bases 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… — Sylvie Simmons Song 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… — Sylvie Simmons Marriage 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… — Sylvie Simmons Divorce 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… — Sylvie Simmons Ads 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… — Sylvie Simmons Dance 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… — Sylvie Simmons Depression 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… — Sylvie Simmons British 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… — Sylvie Simmons Backwards Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to ally myself with the rock stars of the universe. — Sylvie Simmons Allies Copy Share Image
I didn't want to live in LA again, although I'd go back every couple of months to do an interview, usually with… — Sylvie Simmons Band Copy Share Image
“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… — Sylvie Simmons Freedom Copy Share Image
Not so much that I wanted to give up rock writing, but I also wanted to try something new. So I moved… — Sylvie Simmons Bordeaux Copy Share Image
A French friend brought over a load of Gainsbourg vinyl and I worked my way through it: by the time I got… — Sylvie Simmons Died Copy Share Image