Quotes by Justin Adams

Justin Adams

Going to Morocco was massive; that’s where I really found music which had the African syncopation and swing mixed with Arabic strains, and together they had this transporting, bittersweet quality.

Quality

Swings

Together

Going to the Sahara Desert and meeting the Touareg band Tinariwen was a life-changing experience. All through that time, I have just carried on learning and meeting musicians, and I keep finding links between different forms.

Different

Life Changing

Musician

I 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.

Listening

Music Is

Understanding

I am not scared of making mistakes.

Making Mistakes

Mistake

Scared

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.

Crowds

Space

Taken

I do understand the perspective of die-hard fans who complain that we don’t play the same as the record, but at the same time I think fans are getting an amazing deal.

Complaining

Perspective

Thinking

I don’t want to copy the people I admire – I’d rather find out what inspired them and try to find my own way through it.

People

Trying

Want

I have a lot of experience in playing all sorts of venues. And one of my interests is to understand what constitutes the vibe of a place and what makes one concert different from another. You can’t fully measure or calculate these things, yet they are absolutely evident once you’re on stage.

Concerts

Different

Stage

I have much clearer memories of my time in Egypt: songs on the radio, the rhythms that accompanied belly dancers, the sound of the adhan – the Muslim call to prayer. I just soaked it all up.

Memories

Prayer

Song

I like to go to old versions and find out what effect beats and scales have on your body, how they can transport you.

Beats

Body

Scales

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Beats

Beautiful

Body

Community

Complaining

Concerts

Crowds

Details

Different

Enough

Epic

Essentials

Exciting

Growing Up

Hard Times

Ideas

Important

Instruments

Interest

Language

Levels

Life Changing

Listening

Magic

Making Mistakes

Memories

Mistake

Music Is

Musician

Noble

Occupation

Order

Other Worlds

People

Perspective

Play

Prayer

Quality

Scales

Scared

Sometimes

Song

Sound

Source

Space

Stage

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Taken

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Quotes by Justin Adams

Justin Adams

Going to Morocco was massive; that’s where I really found music which had the African syncopation and swing mixed with Arabic strains, and together they had this transporting, bittersweet quality.

Going to the Sahara Desert and meeting the Touareg band Tinariwen was a life-changing experience. All through that time, I have just carried on learning and meeting musicians, and I keep finding links between different forms.

I 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.

I am not scared of making mistakes.

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.

I do understand the perspective of die-hard fans who complain that we don’t play the same as the record, but at the same time I think fans are getting an amazing deal.

I don’t want to copy the people I admire – I’d rather find out what inspired them and try to find my own way through it.

I have a lot of experience in playing all sorts of venues. And one of my interests is to understand what constitutes the vibe of a place and what makes one concert different from another. You can’t fully measure or calculate these things, yet they are absolutely evident once you’re on stage.

I have much clearer memories of my time in Egypt: songs on the radio, the rhythms that accompanied belly dancers, the sound of the adhan – the Muslim call to prayer. I just soaked it all up.

I like to go to old versions and find out what effect beats and scales have on your body, how they can transport you.

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