Quotes About Music

I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

I like to try out different methods to get to good songs.

I don't have session players come in and guitars, I'm doing the drums, I'm doing the scratching, I'm doing every sound you hear and that's always been my way. And not only that, I'm very meticulous about it just sounding right.

What I like about Sapphics is the music of a non-iambic metric in English.

I think going from doing TV and straight plays to Shakespeare is weird enough because you have this heightened language, and you are telling a story through metric poetry. But I think music is that place beyond poetry.

I would love to see Regina Spektor, Bjork, and some really cool-sounding festival bands like 'Metric' and 'The Cardigans,' who are one of my favorite bands.

When people think of Mexican music, they most often think of mariachi, and that, of course, is one part.

I wanted to infuse my music with Mexican character.

California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music.

I made a living out of singing Mexican music.

I love Ozomatli, this L.A. band that makes great coffee. They are half American, half Mexican, their coffee's great, and they're very good friends.

I like lowriders and music from the '50s and '60s. A lot of people assumed I was Mexican.

I love the Mexican muralists - like Rivera, Orozco - and the music of Walter Benton. They gave you a sense that reality was much more than life.

I'm Mexican, and we do a lot of singing, and it was my brother's guitar that I'd practice on, and he would say, 'Who's that playing my guitar?'

My bajo sexto, a big Mexican acoustic guitar, comes from a shop in L.A. run by three generations of Mexicans.

I wanted the music to sound, like, made in Mexico. I wanted to connect to my roots.

I am very happy to be able to cross borders to go to China, to Mexico, to America, everywhere, and there is an instant understanding of what I do. This is incredibly beautiful because you've suddenly communicated with everyone without speaking the same language. The language of music is able to go anywhere.

My dad had a great record collection, which included some music from Mexico, and so I always loved it.

I attended less than two years of Conservatory in Mexico City.

I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, 'I love this place.'

You go to Miami, and you might only hear one Tyga song on the radio. You go to L.A., and you might hear six or seven on the radio. There's certain things you do for your city.

I really love Anglo music, and the language as well. Like, my kids, they - born here, Miami. So I just - a little bit more familiar with the language.

I'm from Miami, and Diplo is from Fort Lauderdale. We grew up with a lot of Cuban and Haitian friends.

I DJ'd and sang at Miami Basel 2013.