I don't want to copy the people I admire - I'd rather find out what inspired them and try to find my… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
One of my interests is to understand what constitutes the vibe of a place and what makes one concert different from another. — Justin Adams Concerts Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my idea of Led Zeppelin was all epic lasers, castles, and ten-minute drum solos - that sort… — Justin Adams Castles Copy Share Image
In a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it. — Justin Adams Engineers Copy Share Image
I like to go to old versions and find out what effect beats and scales have on your body, how they can… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
The closer you get to the source, the more you begin to understand its essential nature. — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
I think the origins of music have probably to do with magic and transcendence as well. — Justin Adams Magic Copy Share Image
Going to the Sahara Desert and meeting the Touareg band Tinariwen was a life-changing experience. All through that time, I have just… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
I think what a lot of people forget is that a lot of the music in the '60s and the '70s was… — Justin Adams Adventure Copy Share Image
Going to Morocco was massive; that's where I really found music which had the African syncopation and swing mixed with Arabic strains,… — Justin Adams Bittersweet Copy Share Image
I think it's quite jarring and exciting when you see someone in the thrall of being completely transported by the music they're… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
I always wanted to know what the music behind some music was, or where it came from, and that gave me a… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
There actually had been a tradition within English music of the '60s of people looking eastwards, maybe in quite a naïve way,… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
I have much clearer memories of my time in Egypt: songs on the radio, the rhythms that accompanied belly dancers, the sound… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
On a very technical level, I am a geek who is interested in the intricacy of rhythm playing, so I like comparing… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
In Western classical music the idea of holiness, purity, perfection, and total beauty is expressed through clarity of sound - a bell-like… — Justin Adams Beautiful Copy Share Image
In some traditional African dances, people wear masks in order to become the embodiments of particular spirits. I have heard that they… — Justin Adams Another world Copy Share Image
The human condition is what it is. We can see beauty and wonder in the world, but we also face imminent death… — Justin Adams Beauty Copy Share Image
I have a lot of experience in playing all sorts of venues. And one of my interests is to understand what constitutes… — Justin Adams Concert Copy Share Image
I love communicating with people, and sometimes language is not enough. I think that's what poetry is, where you can mess with… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
I do understand the perspective of die-hard fans who complain that we don't play the same as the record, but at the… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
I am very sensitive to music, so I can quite easily allow myself to access that space in which I am completely… — Justin Adams Access Copy Share Image
