Music Interviews

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Alexander Ebert

Alexander Ebert“I was constantly in trouble”

Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys“It can’t be held back anymore”

Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli“Life has been good to me”

Arlo Parks

Arlo Parks“It feels like what I’m meant to do”

Björk

Björk“There is a dramatic change in the air”

Black Francis

Black Francis“It doesn’t feel like anger”

Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni“The real matter is the people you love”

David Byrne

David Byrne“We did okay”

Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry“The music speaks for itself”

Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello“I didn’t have some big blueprint”

Fana Hues

Fana Hues“It feels like completion”

Flying Lotus

Flying Lotus“Music wasn’t a reality for me”

Genesis Owusu

Genesis Owusu“I’ve always known who I am”

Grimes

Grimes“I want to be the best”

James Mercer

James Mercer“Everyone was too cool to care”

Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin“There was a sense of being totally free”

Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker“It’s like seeing into the future”

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr“Who cares about authentic?”

Johnny Rotten

Johnny Rotten“I love chemical imbalances”

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake“Be in the moment”

Lianne La Havas

Lianne La Havas“I don’t do it for anybody else”

M.I.A.

M.I.A.“I made it to where that actions begins”

Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson“I’m very aware of my place in music”

Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger“Excess was the order of the day”

Neil Young

Neil Young“You have to break out of it”

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado“Let’s pull the mask off now”

Nick Cave

Nick Cave“I don’t think that people want to be like me”

Patti Smith

Patti Smith“Rock 'n roll belongs to the people”

Paul Banks

Paul Banks“I feel like they’re evocative enough”

Peaches

Peaches“Every kind of art is a privilege”

Roger Waters

Roger Waters“We are on a knife’s edge”

Róisín Murphy

Róisín Murphy“Everything became about music”

Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright“I don’t preach”

Shirley Manson

Shirley Manson“I’m enough for me”

Syd

Syd“I’m ready to move forward”

The National

The National“At peace with the darkness”

Wayne Coyne

Wayne Coyne“You get to be a bigger version of yourself”

Yoann Lemoine

Yoann Lemoine“I’m not there yet”

Yukimi Nagano

Yukimi Nagano“I don’t feel any pressure”