I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's where it's tricky because a lot of music is political, even if it's not overtly so. But my music isn't that; it's about a feeling.
I don't find music being less important than, like, politics.
The fashion and the rap go hand in hand with New York City.
I think the music comes first, then comes the fashion, and thus, the lifestyle. I believe it starts with music, and then the person delivering it delivers the lifestyle, the fashion. Madonna is a great example of that.
Why is it that whenever I hear music I think I’m a bride?
Ultimately, to insist that rock criticism be political is first to insist that the humans who make and enjoy music are embroiled in politics whether they like it or not - and whether they know it or not.
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
Music really matters in politics.
I don't think I have ever met a single person who isn't moved by music of some kind.
Music moves society more than most people realize. In my opinion, it's a soft manipulator of influence and change.
Colombian culture has a lot of music - it's in our blood; it's in our DNA.
Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.
Usually when you hear about rappers in Asia, they always try to be like gangsters and stuff like that and I don't get it.
This is sad. I just think it’s a little ridiculous we are still only looking at the surface of one another. Red hair? Blue hair? Pink? Blonde? Short? Long? Whatever. We might as well shave our heads. Hair has nothing to do with the reason we playing music. It’s a style. Something that will never last as long as the songs we play and the words we sing. Listen up ladies in bands, I’m so proud to be one of you and I don’t care if we all look exactly alike or if we are all carbon copies of each other. We have things to say and it’s up to us to get people to not just look but to LISTEN!
