In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.
I don't watch my films. I've seen 'em enough after cutting them and putting the music on. I don't ever want to see them again.
From early on, when synthesizers were first introduced into music, I liked the idea that you could get a big sound with them, electronic, but like an orchestra. And I could play it all myself. That was exciting.
But I've been freestyling and messing around with rhyming since I was 13. That's when I really started listening to hip-hop music.
I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.
Acting may be how I've made my living, but music has always been my passion.
You know, I like playing music and playing guitar, and I like to draw, so I thought I would end up just probably barely making a living, or probably having to have some other job, but being involved in one of those things that I really like to do. Bu...
Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?
You have a wine tasting of different years, and we're sort of doing that with our music, giving them a taste of what Journey used to be like.
You can't make everybody happy. We just put our head down and went forward. We said, 'This music is bigger than all of us.' That's how we felt. We said, 'You know what? We'll prevail. We'll bet on these songs.'
We're a staple in the American music culture. Like us or not, we're here to stay.
Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships.
We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on radio.
I think things can have more than one meaning and still connect with people. There's a lot of meaning to the title 'Music For People' and they're all true and they're all accurate.
It definitely seems like we are connecting with people, which is nice, because I've had a lot of music do the same for me. It's not like I don't I understand why we get the reactions we do.
I feel that I want what allows me to reach the largest number of people as possible, and I don't feel ashamed of that. I think I'm the kind of artist that's meant to be on a major label because my music is different.
Music isn't only a profession.
I've always said that music is like literature.
When I sing, I want people to think only about the tenor and only about the music.
Cumbia is a beautiful rhythm. It's a music that has indigenous, African and European components. It's played in all of America - from Argentina to the U.S. It has mutated and been nurtured by everyone who comes across it.
Music is always occurring. It is just a matter of marketing, attention, and many other factors, that determines whether people will hear these songs or not.
