Each language gives you something different so that's a good enough reason for you to learn it. Gwenno More Quotes by Gwenno More Quotes From Gwenno I find it strange that there isn't more of a melting pot of language within the pop charts. I feel it becomes really two dimensional when everything's in English. Gwenno meltingstrangetwo We're more of a touring band than we are anything else, because it kind of all makes sense when we're on the stage. For us, success in America would be having as many people come to see us as they do in the UK and Europe, and I think anything that would surpass that would just be a surprise to us. Gwenno kindpeoplethinking I think we're definitely playing up to characters. We see ourselves as a pop band. I don't have a pseudonym because I don't really need one, because I've got a weird name, but everyone has a stage name, and it's about a certain amount of escapism, really. The songs are inspired by the personal, but because there are seven of us that work on the songs together, they end up becoming Pipettes songs, rather than about any one individual. Gwenno songcharacterthinking Sex is more openly spoken about than 40, 50 years ago, and I think probably in comparison to a lot of bands - certainly other contemporary pop girl bands - we're certainly not as suggestive. We talk about sex in the way that we would to our friends. As a girl group, I think it was important not to avoid those sort of things either, because it's about confronting people's idea of what women should be talking about and how they should talk about it. There's no point in shying away from subjects like that, because they exist. Gwenno girlimportantthinking The fact that Cornish exists at all is just incredible as is the work that people are doing down there, it's such an important part of who people are. Gwenno importantfactspeople Music is enough of an expression that it doesn't really matter what the words are or what language it's in. Gwenno languageexpressionmatter t.A.T.u. did a Russian version of 'All The Things She Said' and it was even better than the English version! Gwenno versionssaid That you've got to do anything that you feel is precious. I especially believe that about cultures and languages. You've got to be really conscious because time is running out. Gwenno runningbelieveculture What playing solo has reminded me is how much I love electronic music and how much I love dance music. I'd like to move towards something more hypnotic and rhythmic rather than song-based. Gwenno solosongmoving My aim is to be able to be more spontaneous so I keep evolving my live set-up. Gwenno spontaneousaimable You need to push yourself, put yourself in uncomfortable situations rather than stick to your comfort zone. Gwenno uncomfortable-situationssticksneeds Because it's my first language, all the literature that I've read and all the things that I've been inspired by that have been written in Welsh have moved me beyond anything that I've experienced in any other language. Gwenno languageliteraturefirsts In a world where globalisation wants to turn everybody into the same thing, I think that anything that allows you to go to another place or be in another world has got to be celebrated. Gwenno wantworldthinking I instinctively want to create pop songs and I think it's really good to challenge that, otherwise it becomes a habit. Gwenno challengessongthinking
