I saw a Paul Simon interview online where he was talking about the song Still Crazy After All These Years (unfinished at the time of the interview)... and he said something that I thought was very interesting. He said he wanted to go to either a C or C# in the bridge because he hadn't used them in the melody of the verse. His quote was that "the listener will not ever consciously  say 'those are two new notes I haven't heard". But, in fact, it will be refreshing to the ear." He also compared the same thing to comedy, saying that you can establish a comedic pattern, but then once the pattern is recognized you have to alter it. Just curious what your thoughts are on this?
i agree fully