Julio Iglesias, despite his 43 years in music, said that he is
still motivated to go onstage, that he would not sing if it did not move
him and that he will rest "in 30 years when I'm on the other side."



His
reason for singing is none other than "feelings," he said, adding that
"if I didn't sing what would I do, I don't know how to do anything
else," his remarks coming in an interview with Efe in the southern
resort city of Marbella before beginning a concert tour in Spain.



For an artist, he added, the public is "a commander and boss in our lives," who decides "if it's OK or not OK."



He said that he wants "to continue creating and producing" because the jobs of "thousands of people" depend on him.



Regarding
the music in Spain, he said he likes "the authentic, that which is born
in the roots, flamenco, copla, that mixture of the electric with the
ancestral, with the acoustic; to see Chick Corea with Paco de Lucia" and
he lamented the fact that the economic crisis is affecting music and
"the commitment the record company has to the artist."



He also
said he was concerned about "the marginal situation that Spain has
within the European community," although he said he did not want to give
a sense of catastrophe and emphasized that "much money has been spent,
much energy has been spent and now that money and that energy must be
recovered." EFE