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(Bilbao, 1966) is to surf a wave of generosity and good vibes not exempt from melancholy.

Tattooed and skinny nuncio of rock and roll, descendant of Little Richard, commander of some electric guitars increasingly cornered on the charts, his success, so resounding, is already countercultural.

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Did you expect such a huge TV audience?

Half a million people!

Fortunately we were disconnected from what was surrounding the concert.

We didn't pay attention for a second.

It is not his first crowd.

I remember Bilbao in 2004, 100,000 people. That was more unexpected.

We couldn't even get back to the hotel after sound check.

Does one get used to it?

Never.

Maybe the Stones, who have more callus... When we went to San Mamés the other day we were in 5 black vans.

Escorted by the municipal to be able to arrive.

We looked like the

.

I was so nervous that I would have preferred to be taken to the hospital.

I was going to have a fit.

He had a heart like a hummingbird.

Then already, once you step on the stage, it's over.

You are like at home.

But until then... Uf. Nerves go with the job. I imagine they come from respect for the public.

You want to be the best version of yourself.

During the two and a half hours of the concert.

Not before or after.

No. At that time.

For most of us, if they put a train right on the preview, we would catch it.

Then the illusion of playing always wins.

I'm not saying you have to carry the rock flag, but are you kind of the last of a kind? Nah, which makes me really happy that rock continues to hook young people.

The relevance of a musician is measured by his popularity among young people.He keeps you alive, current.

If they don't like you, then you stay for very rock festivals, which isn't bad either, but... Our luck is that our message is still getting through. Fitipaldis started as an adventure to decompress success with Platero... Did you imagine this? When you start a band what you want is to play.

For any musician, success is having a gig on the weekend.

Let's not talk anymore if you can live from rock and you don't have to dedicate yourself to a shitty job and you can turn to music.

Now, no one is prepared for this popularity.

I was lucky that I began to experience it at the end of Platero.

Then I went back to the bars, to the smaller places, to the tiny rooms.

I know the way blindfolded.

I don't think, mind you, that makes you any less of an asshole, or smarter, but I certainly appreciate this success with the bones.

I know what it costs.

Which means that someone chooses one of your songs among millions. Why does it take so long to publish your albums lately?

Is it harder every day to motivate yourself?

As Carlos Raya says, teach only what you think is good.

We are all demanding and hey, you write songs because you want to express yourself.

There is a moment when you are no longer a kid, you no longer want to be Fogerty or Hendrix, but you.

And that's the job.

And that's what it costs.

That's where the panic of blank paper comes from.

We all like to pick up a guitar or think of a drum intro.

But it wouldn't make sense for them to write for you when you want to express yourself.

That's why it takes so long.

Others have a talent for typing faster.

I need to go with my cycle. Of course, you write things down.

Some phrases macerate for years.

I never know how many songs I have.

Sometimes you have one song and eventually there were three.

Other times there are three and end in one.

You dedicate a while to one, suddenly an idea for another comes... Are you tired of us asking you about your old problems with drugs?

No, because, look, if I can feel useful in something for anyone who is going through that, then that's enough for me.

I've always tried to normalize it.

Then it is important to have a plan B. I was lucky.

I had the music.

You can't just quit drugs.

Because leaving them is thrown away, but also falling back.

You need to fight yourself.

Terrible things will happen to you in life and you will have to overcome them.

After the drugs, it's time to learn to write again.

With water.

Nor are we going to be politically correct.

Drugs are wonderful to create.

They help write from another angle.

Until you are unable to function without them.

To get out you need time.

Reorder the head.

It is not easy. I have read him that he professes in Little Richard. It is that he is my king, my God.

He dreamed of setting up a group like that.

I also liked border rock and roll, tex mex, with that Mexican touch.

I dreamed of going there, inserting a sax... Then you start looking for your own sound, learning to be you.

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