Jose Gonzalez
Jose Gonzalez
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth31 July 1978
CountrySweden
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When your hair is rising, that's when you know it's a good song - that's happened to me with some artists and some songs, John Lennon songs or when Nina Simone sings. It's great to make those moments yourself.
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We are probably in better shape than we were last year, ... Our chances to go all the way are very good. Right now, I don't think there isn't a way we can't make it to the playoffs and hopefully the finals.
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We always had a guitar at home, but it wasn't until I was 14 when I picked it up myself when my father handed me these sheets of music of the Beatles and some other classics. That's where I learned all the chords and learned how to play and sing at the same time.
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I think I've become more aware of aging in the last couple of years because of friends dying of cancer or friends' parents dying and myself - I'm still healthy, but I'm aging, and that's something that I think about more, even though I shouldn't be too concerned.
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People often expect me to be very serious, but it's not like my record company told me not to smile in photographs, because I was like that anyway.
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That was the most important thing to see this weekend, to see where we are at. If we stay together as a team this year, we're going to do very well. I can't see us not making the playoffs.
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I think Sweden is known for people being a bit more quiet than other cultures, and I guess it's a mixture: shyness and leaving room for other people to talk. Of course, when people get drunk, all of that disappears.
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I think we have to use it real wisely because if not, we'll be just wasting a lot of money just throwing it away.
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I grew up with a strong Spanish influence. I tried to learn flamenco when I was younger. But it's like my teacher said: 'It takes a lifetime to learn flamenco.'
love waiting
I love you, Mommy, you're going to be okay. I'll be waiting for you here, okay?
album touring
The album has just been re-released in the US so I'll be touring for sometime.
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It lends itself (to hiring illegals) certainly more than at an office desk somewhere. The contractors understand and know it and are willing to take the risks. Not because these folks want to break the law, but because they have no alternatives.
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It was a big surprise when I started to get attention in Sweden, going from biochemistry studies to touring and living from music only. There were a couple of years while I went to university when I was OK with thinking of music as just a nice recreation.
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We just played an ugly game. Nothing went right. Even though we won, the way we played our game wasn't to our standards. It was just ugly.