“Music has a unique and positive effect on our brains and bodies: it releases the bonding hormone oxytocin and feel-good endorphins. Music also increases neuroplasticity, the brain’s capacity to learn throughout life.” — Atakohu Middleton.
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“I’m on another path, and I really need to see this through. Even though it’s quite moke moke, you know, it’s quite lonely. However, we’re there now, we’ve found our way.” — Betty-Anne on relaunching her career as a solo artist at 60.
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“It’s spiritually powerful music, and that’s why I gravitate to it. We hear the music, and we feel it. And then we hear the social commentary, and it just tops it off and validates our feelings.” — Katchafire’s Logan Bell on reggae’s appeal.
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“The idea that something is ‘music’ is a western idea. Music as something that exists on its own without history, or music without story, or music without whakapapa, didn’t happen for us.” — Robert Wiremu on Māori music.
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“Pāpā Moana Jackson used to say that if you’re born Māori, you’re automatically political. It’s inherent in who we are and how we roll, irrespective of the careers or the paths that we take.” — Ria Hall.
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“There was a time when I felt like I was on the outside looking in longingly at the Māori music scene, wanting to be part of it but not feeling like I had the reo or the connections.” — Singer-songwriter Anna Coddington.
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“In the digital age, it’s naïve to think that we can control the use and growth of te reo — which I believe is a positive thing. The language is flourishing, and I, for one, embrace the change with gay abandon.” — Anton Blank.
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