This was during a period when I was producing Brazil '66 records and got infected by Brazilian music.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first time I think it's really me.
The first record I bought with my own money was Rio.
Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and interesting harmonies.
My music has shaken hands with the world somehow - it's a beautiful disease, and I'm glad I got it.
We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can hear that but then it sounded so abstract, they couldn't hear it.
As a Latin musician, I understand that there are so many places where people don't know who I am. My albums never came out in Australia or Japan.
The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music.
I first came to Brazil in the Sixties. Then I started coming back every year since touring most of the country. I grew to love it, the people, the music. I thought this is where I belong. I've been living in Brazil for the past 23 years. I call it my stress-free country.
With 'Timbiriche', I toured Brazil and a lot of Latin America.
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