Interview:

Music touches the strings of the human soul and awakens emotions, good or bad; and sometimes awakens no emotions at all. That’s the main thing; these emotions inform how each person feels, and from their expression comes everything else. Some music turns out melancholic and some songs become aggressive. Music is beyond our comprehension and I think for everyone music is experienced in different ways. I don’t dare to say that music raises someone’s spirituality; I just think that music shapes emotions. We know that music can really inspire people, but only for the good things? I doubt this! Let’s take some criminals for example. Over here they have their own music style and scene, “Chanson” they’d like to call it. It is Schlager, sounds like pop songs about being in jail and the hard or easy life of a criminal. Do those songs raise the spirituality of these people? No, of course not! It only raises some kind of emotions, and that’s what I mean. Music can be a weapon or tool in someone’s hands, but there are many other things that can be used in the same way. What I wanted to say here is that I don’t see music as a spiritual teacher; I see it more as a sound wave that evokes emotions, and this becomes different for every person. Maybe there can be meaning in the words that are sung with the music, but I believe that lyrics have a greater influence on your mind and the way you think than the music itself.

“I don’t see music as a spiritual teacher; I see it more as a sound that evokes emotions, and this becomes different for every person.”
– Peteris Kvetkovskis, guitarist and vocalist in Skyforger