The Monkees was a straight sitcom, we used the same plots that were on the other situation comedies at the time. So the music wasn't threatening, we weren't threatening.
I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave.
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.
I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it's kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.
Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs.
Music became an obsession, and eventually we felt more comfortable with each other then we did with anyone else. The three of us were like one person.
Nobody will ever take Maurice's place, and he'll go on with us and he'll go on our music. He'll go on with us as the Bee Gees, and Maurice will always be with us.
The direction for my music is heaven, of course. We gear all things to the realm of heaven - which is the mind, the organized mind.
You can be a sex symbol through music or film. Hey, there are some politicians that are sex symbols. Is that something you should fight? No. Sex is very natural.
I believe that my music is just about feelings, and the style is just a side effect.
I think that people will always want music; I think that the form that they will get it in, or distributed to them from, and the price they pay for it is what's up in question.
I always have one foot in the street, so I know not everyone wants to dress like the women they see in music videos.
I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.
A song is a short composition for voice and instruments. It is a piece of sung poetry set to music. It is usually only a few minutes long.
I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.
For me, playing music is like meditating - I just play and don't really think about what I'm doing, I just let it happen.
I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Everything is in tune: the voice, the type of music, who I am and who people think I am.
In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob.
I used to hate, with a capitol H, making videos. It was nothing but a chore. It was something you had to do to have your music accepted in the visual medium.
Music is a passion of mine, so I also want to continue along that path, creating with my friends.
I've always related music to those moments when someone turns you loose on something and they haven't told you how to do it.
