I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not religious and I don't have idols, so something has... →
Marina and the Diamonds
I thought for a long time that I was going to be a pop artist. It was around 18-19 that I started to make that a reality. I just knew that this was... →
Actually, I think that a lot of the interviews and acoustic sessions and other things that artists fill their time with are really pointless and suck... →
I really do want people to listen to the music more than watch what I wear. There's time for that later. I've got the rest of my life to... →
In 2004, I went onstage for the first time. They put a mike in my hand and pushed me out the door into the crowd. I did the three songs I had... →
M.I.A.
In New York, everyone's really neurotic and talks about themselves all the time.
I got my story, my dream, from America. The hero I had is Forrest Gump... I like that guy. I've been watching that movie about 10 times. Every... →
Jack Ma
I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if... →
Yo-Yo Ma
Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they... →
I think all musicians have at one time or another experienced one physical problem or another. I have had tendinitis a couple of times, so I try to... →