There is always the gigantic and human figure of Johnny Cash , his warm and granitic voice , his appearance , that heroism linked to his fallibility , that splendid parable , among triumphs and falls that ever since I was sixteen and I heard Johnny for the first time hit me . Johnny ’ s “ American Recordings ” are there , when I want to get excited . Just listen to Johnny and the shivers rise to me . Along with you there are your forever companions , like Previte and Pellati , as well as guitarist Antonio Gramentieri . If you had the chance to choose one more musician , completely at your choice , who would you add to your lineup ? Jim Keltner , is one of my dreams in the
drawer , a piece with Keltner on the drum . From the height of your experience , can you tell us what you like and what you do not like about the music in Italy today ? I do not like the logic of the increasingly strict “ pool ” that music has become , I do not like this “ end of the world ” climate that is pervading the environment , I do not like who also negates our dreams and not only in talent shows ; even musicians or pseudo-such , who pretend to do music with the same protection as any other trade . It does not work that way , I say , quoting the immense Kandinsky , that it takes an “ inner necessity ” to express yourself to do music ( but even cinema , literature , photography ), if your soul asks you .
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There is always the gigantic and human figure of Johnny Cash , his warm and granitic voice , his appearance , that heroism linked to his fallibility , that splendid parable , among triumphs and falls that ever since I was sixteen and I heard Johnny for the first time hit me . Johnny ’ s “ American Recordings ” are there , when I want to get excited . Just listen to Johnny and the shivers rise to me . Along with you there are your forever companions , like Previte and Pellati , as well as guitarist Antonio Gramentieri . If you had the chance to choose one more musician , completely at your choice , who would you add to your lineup ? Jim Keltner , is one of my dreams in the
drawer , a piece with Keltner on the drum . From the height of your experience , can you tell us what you like and what you do not like about the music in Italy today ? I do not like the logic of the increasingly strict “ pool ” that music has become , I do not like this “ end of the world ” climate that is pervading the environment , I do not like who also negates our dreams and not only in talent shows ; even musicians or pseudo-such , who pretend to do music with the same protection as any other trade . It does not work that way , I say , quoting the immense Kandinsky , that it takes an “ inner necessity ” to express yourself to do music ( but even cinema , literature , photography ), if your soul asks you .