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An Excerpt from Miracle And Wonder: Conversations With Paul Simon

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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What Makes Paul Simon Special?

The first part of this book is an argument about what makes paul simon special. Then in the middle comes the story of graceland, maybe simon's greatest accomplishment. Part of the reason that i was able to write songs that were not overtly political was that the sound of what was going on was joyful. Could that album be made to day? I'm not sure. We prefer our artists these dayso in their own cultural lane. And look at what he produced.

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