No, I don't want them to remove my scar. Scars are cool.
Natalia Lafourcade
I learned that life is about living and enjoying and all of that made me connect to music in whole other level.
I'm a singer, songwriter from Mexico.
That always happens. I start working while on vacation.
Every time I go to Veracruz, I feel like, OK, I am back. When my feet go to the ground on the earth, I think, 'This is me, this is home, these are my roots, and now I can go and travel again to wherever you want me to go.'
Los Macorinos are much older than I am so when you surround yourself with older people you realize they lived what we're living now. They live in a moment of peace because they don't have to prove anything anymore.
When people get emotional and sing the song with you - it's an incredible thing.
I really want to become, like, a composer for my people, my country that will photograph the things that are happening now in story and in life and love but not only, like, the love of a couple, you know, the love in general.
Anything that gives us pain can be transformed into this, into beautiful moments shared with friends.
Sometimes the music will tell you where to go. And when you find that place I believe is when you're just connecting to the feelings and the heart and the people you're with.
My mother always said I was singing before I was speaking. I came to this world to sing, and I feel very fortunate, because I am able to do that.
I feel I've been faithful to my convictions and my desires. I've taken small, firm steps and I try to do things as beautiful and artistically as I can.
The Macorinos and me - there's a big space between our generations. The people I was used to work with, we will do everything faster. And the Macorinos were more, like, calm. They were patient with music, and they were paying a lot of attention to the details.
I wanted to make 'Mexicana Hermosa.' It's a love song, but it isn't. It's more like a song as if Mexico was the Maria, the beautiful woman that I love.
I think nowadays it's very important to re-connect with ourselves and our roots.
I wanted the music to sound, like, made in Mexico. I wanted to connect to my roots.
Tus Ojitos' is an incredible and romantic Peruvian waltz; I tried to make it appear that the heart is singing.
I don't really focus on if what I'm writing is pop or not. I just write music and then I try to figure out how to arrange the things that I write.
I don't like making things too complicated when writing songs. I want to write in a very easy language that many people will understand.
Coco' is a really amazing movie. The research was made with so much respect. I enjoyed the movie because I know about what they are talking about. I am really proud to be part of the film.
I would cry all of the time and I didn't know why! I was having shows and after the show I would go to the room, order a big hamburger and a vanilla shake or something like that... and cry because I was so depressed... I think it was because I was too tired.
I go to many different places many times, but I miss my house constantly.
Every day, I wish there was a moment when I could go back to my house and my land.
I wanted to infuse my music with Mexican character.
I started writing songs at 14 about things I was living at school, and the things I felt at that age.
I knew that I wanted to be a singer when I was 10 years old.
By collaborating, you can do very interesting things.
I had to learn about patience, to let the music get its own spirit and voice.
Let's treasure our roots, even when we're far away.
I feel very, very happy, super-proud to be able to perform and share my music and what I do.
A record can make an artist sound in tune or make the music sound pretty. But the real test is performing live, and I think we pass fairly well, because people keep asking to see us play.
My musical tastes were horrendous. I was just listening to whatever was on the radio. I wasn't being nourished musically at all.
There's a moment when you come to a certain point, and if you make the leap you get to the big leagues. But if you back away, you get stuck.
Most singers begin with a band and then go solo. I started making music on my own and subsequently chose to carry on as part of a band.
I look this way and dress this way all the time, famous or not.
It's great to compose music just for my own enjoyment, but that I have been able to make a lot of new friends, have shows everywhere, and get to know so many places all thanks to music is impressive to me.
It's always good to receive recognition for your work.
