“How could I have kept out this incredible fiction? That's when it all started for me. I was, and still am, a HUGE Star Trek fan. "Songs Of The Ocean" is my tribute to this great story, and it's based on the Star Trek IV movie, the one in which they go back in time. [The Voyage Home ; It's the one where they bring a pair of whales to the future -ed.]” StillsStoriesHomeSongStarsFictionFansHugeOceanIncrediblesPairsVoyagesTributeWhalesBack In TimeGo Back In Time Author:Arjen Anthony Lucassen
“I've always been a prog rock fanatic, even before Vengeance. However I think I started to love the genre with Pink Floyd, yeah. I love them from the very beginning, also the Syd Barrett era.” ThinkingRocksYeahErasGenreVengeanceFanatics Author:Arjen Anthony Lucassen
“But I always wanted to do a theatrical stuff. But when you're in a metal band of course you're limited because five people in the band, um, you've got no keyboards... you're limited. And I wanted... to go over-the-top, you know. Literally. I wanted to make an album that people would either hate or love.” PeopleKnowsWantedHateCoursesStuffFiveBandAlbumsMetalsTheatricalKeyboardsOver The TopMetal Band Author:Arjen Anthony Lucassen
“Podor is a nice town. It's at the north of Senegal near the river. The town faces the other country that is Mauritania. It is a very cultural town, because at the beginning it was closest stop when you come from the Sahara and also when you come from the south to go to the north part of Africa. It was just at the middle, and so it's where a lot of cultures of West Africa come together.” CountryTogetherFacesCultureNiceMiddleRiversTownsWestSouthClosestOther CountriesWest AfricaSahara Author:Baaba Maal
“I think that I learned music. And also you learn recommendations that you can use in your life. When you travel, you all the time remember what your mother teach you. You know in the African family the mother has a big role to play because the father is outside in the fields or going to work.” ThinkingKnowsPlayUseBigsRememberMotherFatherRolesTeachFieldsGoing To WorkRecommendations Author:Baaba Maal
“I did not like that name "world music" in the beginning. I think that African music must get more respect than to be put in a ghetto like that. We have something to give to others. When you look to how African music is built, when you understand this kind of music, you can understand that a lot of all this modern music that you are hearing in the world has similarities to African music. It's like the origin of a lot of kinds of music.” ThinkingWorldGivingLooksKindNamesModernMusic IsBuiltHearingSimilarityGhettoWorld MusicModern MusicAfrican Music Author:Baaba Maal
“I never experimented with the hoddu like I wanted to do. Like on the song "Allah Addu," the hoddu and the voice is something that belongs to West African culture. When you go to the north of Mali, in the past it was just the singer and one instrument player. We never really did have that on our CDs. On some other songs, like "Laare Yoo," we have a whole section of hoddu, something like four of them playing together.” WholeWantedTogetherPastSongCultureVoiceFourPlayerInstrumentsWestSingersSectionsCdsAfrican CultureMaliPlaying Together Author:Baaba Maal
“I think the Thompsons had got a sort of fatal illness about three albums ago and it just took this long to find out that enough was enough. And we became increasingly frustrated by... I don't know, we want to get into the areas that being a pop group never allowed you to get into.” ThinkingKnowsWantLongEnoughThreeGroupsAreasIllnessAlbumsPopsFrustrated Author:Tom Bailey
“I'm almost a black singer. And without the backbeat, it's singer/songwriter. There's a definite choice to be made there, every time. And I love the sex of singing with a beat; I like the sexiness of it. I think it's really where I'm from.” ThinkingMadeChoicesSexBlackBeatsSingingSingersSongwritersDefiniteSinger SongwritersSexiness Author:John Waite
“The spirit of the music and the energy that kicks back from the fans inspires me. To stay centered amidst the chaos I meditate. I first meditated at age 17 and have continued off and on through the years.” YearsFirstsAgeSpiritEnergyFansInspireChaosKicksThrough The Years Author:Paul Rodgers