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The real mariachis in Mexico are singers like Agustin Lara and Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete - the Golden Era of Mexican Filmmaking. Mariachis sing very soft and very beautiful. That's old-school mariachi. They are caressing the songs.

I think singing traditional country is wonderful, because I'm bringing it to my generation and to the younger kids.

I've always been a fan of Westerns, but my favorite kind of Westerns mostly were Sam Peckinpah's Westerns, and they mainly took place in the West that was changing.

Stuff like Buena Vista Social Club and Fela Kuti were quite a main thing to my childhood. As soon as I reached an age where I realized that Fela was singing in English, when I got past his accent, I loved the rawness of it, and the funk and the rhythm and the melody.

There are so many great songs yet to sing.

As Juan Gabriel, music is my religion, and mariachi is my devotion. And my songs are my prayers.

I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.

I've always loved singing and the catharsis of it.

I love hard singing.

Singing is my passion and I always wanted to travel the country.