Passion for music and for the work made the creative process possible. Being the voice of a song like We Are Family turned the music into a lasting statement. The music’s appeal spans many tastes, with different listeners getting down to Lost in Music. Long touring schedules created a lived connection to lyrics about needing to come up for air. Working with producers involved leaning in like an actor following a director’s vision. Trust was central, with Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards encouraging spontaneity. Songs were not meant to sound over-rehearsed, and the approach helped the music keep resurfacing over time.
"The first word that comes to mind is passion for the music, for what I do. If you get to be the voice of a song like We Are Family, which is here for generations to come to me, it's more than a song, it's a statement it just blows my mind. We were the group that brought the world together as a family through a song."
"I reckon if you put a rocker, a pop fan, a metalhead, a hip-hop nut, a techno obsessive and a classical devotee into a room and put on Lost in Music, everybody would get down. What's your own relationship with the song? DeJongandtherestless The song we're known for is We Are Family, but we're really Lost in Music."
"I've been doing this all my life, since I was 11 years old, but in order to survive the industry, there has to be a balance. There were times, especially in the early days, where we toured so much that we couldn't come up for air, and that, if anything, makes me relate to those lyrics."
"Whenever you work with a producer, it's like leaning into a director as an actor. I feel like they had a vision, the endgame of how this production was going to be, so you lean in and you listen. The word that comes to mind more than anything is trust. Nile and Bernard would always say: Trust me, trust us, trust. They believed in spontaneity. I couldn't hear the songs before it was time to sing them; they didn't want it to sound over-rehearsed."
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