I 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 a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.
Justin AdamsThe closer you get to the source, the more you begin to understand its essential nature.
Justin AdamsThere actually had been a tradition within English music of the '60s of people looking eastwards, maybe in quite a naïve way, but nonetheless, you had musicians like George Harrison or Bryan Jones recording the musicians of Joujouka in North Africa.
Justin Adams