I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies. If you take music and the arts out of the public schools, then you're going to lose a lot of people that you might have discovered were talented, very early.
I would happy for someone to download my music.
I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.
I am not doing something that it is experimental music in relation to classical music.
I wasn't interested in writing music that wasn't beautiful for me to listen to.
I am consciously not trying to bring in World Music elements. The ways that I work and feel are completely different in how they sound than someone playing the Kora in Africa would play it.
You should listen to a lot of different music.
I like music and I like ladies. I like to see them dance.
I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.
I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.
The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop singer... if you've made your way in another genre of music and now you want to make a country record, why? That's my question. Why?
Social media and music in general have been changing so fast. You can go on Twitter and go from one artist to another. What I really like about it is the opportunity to communicate directly with your fans.
Joaquin Sabina is one of my favorites. He's like a legend. He's like our Bob Dylan, or our Bruce Springsteen. He's one of the most talented writers of our Latin music.
I was touched by the magic of music. My way to communicate was through my guitar and music.
Always when I write my music, I take my guitar, and I improvise always with a melody, you know, lyrics in Spanish. But sometimes I use some words in English. I don't know why. Maybe because I listen to a lot of music in English.
The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.
This genre of music seems to want to push people into a certain time slot, which is unfortunate.
Our show doesn't rely on the typical whistles and bells, and smoke and mirrors. It relies mostly on the music.
The very fact that I've had those established me to continue on to do new music and new projects.
I'm just thrilled to see people enjoying the music.
You can pick songs that sound like hits, but if it's not something that somebody wants to tell their friends, 'Hey man, have you heard this song?' then I don't think it's worth it. The only way to get your music out there, is for someone to tell thei...
