Library 5 - The Monday Morning Memo

“The thing that I’ve been doing is creating a stimuli that I can react to, so that I could avoid the situation of sitting alone in a room with a guitar and making up a certain kind of song. So the reason that I’m able to change song forms and find interesting ways to write that I wouldn’t normally think of, is because I’m reacting to something that I didn’t think of. Whereas if I sit and just play the guitar, it’s not the same kind of creative irritation… What’s appealing is to disturb your comfort. Once you get used to something, it’s a good idea, I think, to disturb that.”

- Paul Simon, in an interview for iTunes

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