I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am.
There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music's sake.
When Coltrane died, a void appeared in this music that has not been filled yet. He maintained a forward motion in his work and did not look back.
This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.
From day one when you're singing, you're dreaming about making that first album and making your break into whatever music you want to break into.
Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.
Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.
In my model, important interference phenomena arise when individual strata come into contact. These chaotic fluctuations are, I suppose, what my music is really 'about.'
To be born in Wales, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but, with music in your blood and with poetry in your soul, is a privilege indeed.
Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
In 2008, I was more just thinking about using the touchscreen for writing the songs. From there I started thinking about how I visualised music.
If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here.
One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community.
The 'Muppets' were a very big part of my childhood, and 'Flight of the Conchords' definitely has elements of the 'Muppets' in it, specifically the way we mixed music and comedy.
If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
Me in my music and onstage - that's me without any fears of judgement; that's me when I'm shining.
Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.
But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never played on radio to the young public?
Radio and TV can still push a band, but things need to be shaken up. There is the Internet, but mostly what I see there is little kids on YouTube playing music.
When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to express myself.
I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.
