Classic Albums: Paul Simon’s Graceland
I’ve been watching the Classic Albums series on Netflix, and the documentary I’ve enjoyed the most is Paul Simon’s Graceland.
I feel so inspired about the story of how Graceland was recorded, how Paul and the producer just recorded jams and then took those ideas and wrote songs from them.
I also am inspired about how the story of the creation of Graceland emphasizes how “failure” can allow freedom (and time) for creativity! Paul Simon describes how the commercial failure of Hearts and Bones allowed him to go off on a journey, since no one was really paying attention to him, and just create something new.
There are some powerful quotes from musicians in the movie that I’ve want to type out to remember them:
- “The beast in the human is to tell yourself something is wrong when it’s right and something is right when it’s wrong.”
- “Art shouldn’t instruct, it should invoke…”
Hope everyone is having a nice week.
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