Obama came to power with this element of raising many new hopes and expectations but he's been fought back by the system, becoming almost paralyzed in a way. — Gilberto Gil Copy Share Image
I think that the global consciousness concerning all those elements that produce tension, fractions of societies, is changing in the sense that we all… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share
We are sufficiently conscious of this dimension or quality of Brazil as a melting pot, as a culture and a nation that is being… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share
Beginning in the sixties, but getting strong during the seventies and eighties, everybody was sort of Miles Davis and Chick Corea and the jazz… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share
Sponsors, corporate endowments, and the heritage of the big fortunes would take care of financing cultural projects when American society was homogeneous. Now it's… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share
Like most artists and musicians, I considered myself detached from the political life. But I had an insight that maybe we would have a… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share
Obama came to power with this element of raising many new hopes and expectations but he's been fought back by the system, becoming almost… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share
[ on the "tropicalization" of intellectual property laws ] To make the digital world join in the samba. — Gilberto Gil Copy Share
The United States is very important, too important in the civilizational process of the world. It's difficult to move, to make a difference in… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share
Obama wants to stand for a peaceful, generous, encompassing approach that would bring all Americans, but not just Americans, the whole of international society,… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share
Sometimes, from outside, and from America especially, where the racial tension is so intense, you tend to understand Brazil as a kind of ideal… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share
