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Jose Gonzalez Quotes

Swedish - Musician | July 31, 1978 -

I grew up with a strong Spanish influence. I tried to learn flamenco when I was younger. But it's like my teacher said: 'It takes a lifetime to learn flamenco.'

Teacher Influence Strong Learn Said

It can be a bit frustrating to always get the soft-rock stamp.

Always Get Stamp Frustrating Bit

I listened to all the Misfits albums growing up and Red Hot Chili Peppers, too.

Red Growing Up Growing Hot Up Chili

I started playing the guitar when I was 14. I'm not superstitious about guitars, but I do need strings to be old because that's part of my sound, and I don't like steel strings.

Guitar Steel Sound Old Need Playing

I'm a very slow reader - I read maybe three or four books a year - so I listen to podcasts and the occasional audiobook, and I watch TED talks.

Slow Year Three Listen Watch Four

I think I've become more aware of aging in the last couple of years because of friends dying of cancer or friends' parents dying and myself - I'm still healthy, but I'm aging, and that's something that I think about more, even though I shouldn't be too concerned.

Myself Aging Parents Think Friends

I speak Swedish, it's my first language. Of course, growing up with Latin American parents from Argentina, I also have some other influences from other cultures. But Sweden is where I feel the most at home.

Home Parents Growing Up Speak Feel

I think Sweden is known for people being a bit more quiet than other cultures, and I guess it's a mixture: shyness and leaving room for other people to talk. Of course, when people get drunk, all of that disappears.

People Think Drunk Quiet Leaving

The music that I'm known for is quiet and gentle, although when I was growing up and as a teenager, I was playing the opposite - I was screaming and playing bass and those loud electric guitars.

Music Growing Up Quiet Growing Up

I can live for my music, but I don't need to be recognized everywhere.

Live Music I Can Need Recognized

We always had a guitar at home, but it wasn't until I was 14 when I picked it up myself when my father handed me these sheets of music of the Beatles and some other classics. That's where I learned all the chords and learned how to play and sing at the same time.

Father Home Music Time Myself Me

I always start with the music and then try to figure out what I want to write about lyrically.

Music Start Want Try Write Out

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