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 to know his music?' I was a convert.
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 inner feeling they … - 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 inner feeling they …
- 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, … - 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, …
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… - Sylvie Simmons
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…
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 rock or metal band. And as th… - 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 rock or metal band. And as th…
I'm not trying to ally myself with the rock stars of the universe. - Sylvie Simmons
I'm not trying to ally myself with the rock stars of the universe.
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… - Sylvie Simmons
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…
Even though it felt completely natural - strangely enough - recording an album, I was very shy about making it public. - Sylvie Simmons
Even though it felt completely natural - strangely enough - recording an album, I was very shy about making it public.
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 ta… - 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 ta…
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, or at least dress… - 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, or at least dress…
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