About Chick Corea: Armando Anthony is an American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer.
The title 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' comes from 'I Ching,' an ancient Chinese book that I was into in the '60s when I was studying different philosophies and religions.
I don't think any artist really knows why a song gets popular.
It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are.
Now, when I play soul piano, for instance, and I play a rendition of 'Spain,' I do it deconstructively. That's the most fun, but I can only do that when I'm on my own.
I decided that I didn't want to spend my time in a liberal arts college.
I call myself a teacher because they want me to call myself a teacher, but actually, what I'm doing is I'm studying.
I enjoy playing the band as the band. I 'be' the whole band and I'm playing the drums, I'm playing the guitar, I'm playing the saxophone. To me, the most wonderful thing about playing music is that.
My wife, Gayle, is a wonderful musician and singer. We share music, so it's a deep bond.
I get interested in the various ways that music is being done in the culture, and some of it I like thoroughly enough to want to learn about it. The way I have been successful at doing that is to become part of it.
You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey, you know? The city is still bubbling with creativity.
It's made music more accessible with YouTube and the ability to trade audio files. But it hasn't made it more popular.
