I am very sensitive to music, so I can quite easily allow myself to access that space in which I am completely taken over. And you can get quite a reaction out of the crowd when you do that.
Justin AdamsI always wanted to know what the music behind some music was, or where it came from, and that gave me a point of reference for understanding the music I was listening to.
Justin AdamsIn a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.
Justin AdamsI think what a lot of people forget is that a lot of the music in the '60s and the '70s was made in the spirit of daring, spontaneity, and adventure, so the minute all that sinks into this sense of a classic form, it has lost its spirit.
Justin AdamsIn Western classical music the idea of holiness, purity, perfection, and total beauty is expressed through clarity of sound - a bell-like sound. Obviously, that has its own place, and it's a beautiful way of doing it. But I don't think I am the first to point out that in Africa, the more buzzing the sound is, the more it indicates the other world - the spirit world.
Justin Adams