Monday, May 29, 2017

Paul Simon on how he writes songs


"I write from instinct, from an inexplicable sparkle. I don't know why I'm writing what I'm writing. Usually I sit and let my hands wander on my guitar. I sing anything [and I] play anything. When I come across a surprising accident I start to develop it. Once you take a piece of musical information, there are certain implications that it automatically contains: the implication of that phrase elongated, contracted, inverted, or in other time signatures. You start with an impulse and go with what your ear likes."


Reference:


Making Records, Phil Ramone, 1st edition, page 59



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