Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Rosalia
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Spanish singer Rosalia.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
In my home there was a garden and many trees, and I remember growing up without fear. Everything was very steep amongst the trees and I remember running up and down always trying to go faster. I would go so fast that there would be a trail of my steps that I would leave behind.
Everything is in flamenco. Spirituality, loyalty, humility, valor.
I'll always identify with the image of a strong woman. I believe that in what I do and in my sense of self, there's a vindication of women. There's power.
I know that I will age making music, and I want to see how my music changes with the years.
There are times when your ego has to contract.
My music is a reflection of my way of thinking, and I take risks because I know I must. If I win, I win, and if I don't, I still win.
My favorite flamenco singers, they're not trying to look pretty. They're trying to put truth in what they do, in the way they express themselves. Sometimes that's not beauty, but it's beautiful.
Everyone around me has maximum respect for my vision.
Flamenco is the most honest and visceral music. You have to be sincere when you sing it. If you're not, it doesn't work.
When I sang in bars and weddings, where you have to fight to be heard, you gain incredible humility.
Flamenco is the reflection of the street. It's that thing that's so beautiful, that comes directly from the people. It has so much truth, tragedy, falling in love, falling out of love, flamenco has it all. You can learn so much, that's why it's so incredible and so beautiful.
My mother always had flowers at home, they were always there. In the garden, on the table, fresh flowers. I think I relate flowers to the women in my life.
I see really long nails as a form of extreme, radical femininity. They make me feel strong.
The more people I can reach with my work, the happier I am, but I'm not going to stop making the music I want to, just because I'm looking for a specific response.
It's a lot more interesting to dig into the popular music from where I'm from than adhere to some kind of standardized global pop.
It's our roots that really give us our identity.
It is very important that people understand how important flamenco is to the Gypsy community. There have been some amazing Gypsy artists. It's important that we give visibility to that, but at the same time people have to be fair and recognise that Paco de Lucia was the biggest guitar player in this style of music in the world and he wasn't Gypsy.
I can't walk around like I used to, and there's always paparazzi waiting outside the studio.
As a teenager, I remember Missy Elliot: seeing how she carried herself, made her music, and presented herself as an artist. That strength inspired me. If my work can do the same for others, I feel very grateful and proud of that.
Oh my God, my English is the worst!
I'm always loyal to how I understand music, how I want to present myself, how I understand my job.
Clearly, there is an audience that doesn't enjoy what I am doing because it isn't traditional.
Music is a language in itself and the songs have their own soul, every song has its soul.
I think I have something special. I am confident that I am going to be an artist.
I'm increasingly conscious of the fact that, even when we know a lot, there's an element of blind faith. For things to work well, you have to surrender to the moment. This is especially true of writing, producing and truly giving it all in a performance.
There is no one who makes decisions for me - never.
Guajira, colombiana, milonga, rumba - all these styles are flamenco. They're part of the musical tradition in my country, and they are in Latin America too.
I'm going to have to keep fighting until I find the same number of women in the studio as there are men.
Milionaria' is the first song I've composed and I published in Catalan, it's also the first song I do inspired by Catalan rumba. I started it in Seville while I was waiting at the airport and I finished it in Barcelona.
Winning a Grammy is the best thing that can ever happen.
Knowing how to dress is an art.
Music is beyond races, beyond territories.
When an artist becomes pop, it's because the people choose it. Yes, you can have that dream to be a big pop star, but it's the audience that puts you in that position. I never had a paid marketing campaign, it was never like that.
I love flamenco. It's very difficult music to sing. But I think of any genre as a snow globe - you don't admire it for its stillness. You have to shake it up and see how it explodes.
When I was a teen, I would draw a really, really long line around my eyes with eyeliner, like Lola Flores.
My music pulls from flamenco plenty; it wouldn't make sense without that genre. I also have a lot of love for flamenco and I'm very happy if I can be an ambassador for it.
Flowers are divine, they have divine qualities that I adore. And they also connect me with femininity.
For me, music is about experimentation.
I think it's nice when people let themselves cry. I like to let it flow.
I want every record I make to be different to the one before - even if I fail one day.
No one in my family plays music. But since I was very little, I would go around the house singing and dancing. And when I was 8, my parents asked me to get up and sing something at a family meal. I had my eyes closed, singing - la la la la la - and when I opened them, the whole family was crying.
I wanted to establish my musical legacy and honor the classic sound of flamenco in the most traditional sense.
I like to do things in my own way and have my own personal language, but I can't control how it's received.
During isolation, one can bring a different approach to the creative process.
I started from zero. Nobody in my family is connected to the industry. Not a single contact in the music industry or in the entertainment industry.
Even though the public may perceive me differently, I always feel like I'm learning something new, and I like seeing myself this way. It keeps me focused on doing things with the love and care that comes from knowing you can always improve. I always have that in my head.
I have no prejudice about which music is better. I listen to Vivaldi. I like Nick Cave. I love Travis Scott, James Blake, Lola Flores. Music can serve many functions. And so I listen to everything!
When I began to record 'El Mal Querer,' I didn't have a label or a team. It was just my family - my mother and my sister - and my friends.
People who are perfectionists always want to control everything, but when you sing, you have to let go. And that's hard.
I can't control anything that happens after the creative process because after that it's not yours anymore, it's everyone else's.
Hands have a major presence in flamenco, and when your hands are decorated, it adds power.
I have so many references in my head - flamenco, classical, Latin, too many. I come in and put it all on the table, with no prejudice, and just start working, working, working.
I wanted to have absolute control over my music - from the chords and the voicings of the songs to the arrangements and the production.
I respect the flamenco tradition.
We come from Spain, from Barcelona. We could perform in many places around the world, and it's been amazing to bring our music to so many people in so many different places. That's been amazing.
I always think my job is like any other job. Every job has good and bad parts, and mine is to be a musician. I know why I started making music and I always knew there was no plan B. I'm passionate about it. I love being in the recording studio and researching sounds with the possibility of discovering something new. That motivates me.
I don't force things. I can have a wish, and then I let God lead me on the path, bringing me what I need - and always trying to be alert to receive it.
If something is too perfect, it doesn't speak your language. If it's imperfect, I understand it.
When I get my nails done, I usually go with my friends.
Planes do not inspire me.
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