“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, about 60 miles from Bordeaux: wine instead of cocaine.” GivingWritingTryingWantedMiddleRocksGiving UpMovedWineMilesHillsFranceSomething NewCocaineCrumblingMiddle Of NowhereBordeaux 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 comfortable giving a journalist "Tom Waits" the character, whose conversation is really a series of strange tales, learned or ad-libbed.” GivingSelfCharacterWaitingStrangeConversationSpeechComfortableSeriesWitTalesJournalistAdsTomsAnecdotesSelf Deprecating Author:Sylvie Simmons