Don't take yourself too seriously. And take yourself as seriously as death itself..

Art is the last thing I'm worried about when I'm writing a song. As far as I'm concerned, art is just short for 'Arthur.'.

I don't want to sing boring pop songs - I want to sing songs that are meaningful to me..

I hope people hear my songs and realize that writing music is kind of easy, or that taking your sadness and turning it into a beautiful song is worth….

Treat each guitar track-and each song-completely different. For example, if I'm using a certain amp and guitar on one track, I'll deliberately use so….

If you're working with a producer like Rick Rubin or whatever, you sing each line probably 30 different ways. Each time they're like, "Can you try it….

We in Cafe Tacvba try different things every time there's an arrangement opportunity with a new song. But I'm not the only one who plays guitar. As R….

The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to be. For me, I'm really protective of that. I'm not goi….

I'm not sure how each one of us sees ourselves in the band, but we're being part of this ritual of identity where people see Café Tacvba as something….

I started crying, because there's nothing like hearing that the artist who originally did the song likes your version..

The first song I wrote, in fifth grade, was totally ripped from Jeffrey Lewis. My aunt's boyfriend gave me bass lessons, and I played drums for a yea….

When I was singing "King of the Mountain," it was a pivotal point in the show. That's the song that took us from this concert setting of individual s….

Jonas' music is inspiring, energizing, and spiritually uplifting. A brilliant songwriter, he writes music that reaches deep into the soul and awakens….

Songs will always become a story in some way. I think it's my strongpoint as a writer musically. I don't shy away from it. It's not really an effort.….

I was born or raised in the church, so I guess the first songs I would have played would have been church songs..

He gave everything to everybody. Except to me..

Discover what you don't like doing and stop doing it..

To kill the misconception, I don’t think the songs we wrote before ‘Danger Days’ are bad songs by any means. In fact, I kinda think some of them are ….

The reader reads aloud, with a sing-song up … then down … then down again cadence. My mood shifts from merely reluctant to derisive. It’s a tired rea….

I play popular songs. This is not some obscure, unusual music. This is popular music..

Optimism is my best defense..