I can spend hours and hours and days and days in the studio changing the music, because I love that. Manu Chao Read Quote
I was in a bar in Rio and a cow walked in, I looked into its eyes, and I saw such tranquillidad, serenity. Then I started seeing cows everywhere. I realise why the Indians worship them. Manu Chao Read Quote
Every time I met any of my heroes I was disappointed – the exception was Joe Strummer, who was like an uncle to me. Manu Chao Read Quote
Everyone always said you have to make it in the States. But I always thought the best way was to make it in South America first. Manu Chao Read Quote
It’s stupid, just because I was born with a French passport, I have the right to travel all around the world, but if I was born in Mali, or Venezuela or Bolivia I couldn’t. Manu Chao Read Quote
I’m not a real producer, so if someone asks me to produce, it’s only because they like my sound. I’m not a professional, all I have is my own way of doing things, my little tricks. Manu Chao Read Quote
What ‘Clandestino’ is talking about is problems of borders, and more and more hermetic borders all around the world. Manu Chao Read Quote
A lot of people say my songs are political, but that’s not by plan. It’s because I never found a place where everything is OK, so I just write about what my reality is, follow my instinct. Manu Chao Read Quote
