"I tried to think less to live more"

Why is it known as Penya?.

Why is it known as Penya?

Penya is the ancestral nickname of my household.

Bartomeu Nicolau and Morlà.

Son of Mallorcan farmers.

What did they develop?

Beans, wheat, candy potatoes, potatoes... And one of the best melons on the earth!

Are they that good?

Due to the intelligence of my mother and father and the clay soil of my city.

Very a lot in love together with his city.

I've a spot devoted to it: "Tomeu Penya, singer-songwriter".

And did you wish to be a farmer?

Once I was 9 I needed to be a musician.

As a result of?

At events I noticed pleasure and music, and uncle Maties performed the guitar...

Did you handle to get a guitar?

My mother and father, with effort, purchased it for me. What unbelievable confidence in me.

What did they educate you?

To work with want. And sensitivity. And, from father, I realized vice.

Now it will likely be the daddy's fault...

My daughter is vicious. my inheritance

He mentioned his mother and father supported him.

"Research music", they requested me. And I studied classical guitar.

And did he make a dwelling enjoying?

Within the sixties, motels have been born in Mallorca: and on the age of 15 there I used to be, enjoying and effectively paid.

What did he do with that cash?

He gave every thing at residence.

truthful compensation

I did not hug or kiss my mother and father sufficient, and right this moment that hurts me. At the moment I reside in the identical home the place I used to be born.

What do you keep in mind about these motels?

That it was a incredible life, I used to be very joyful. And I realized languages.

What languages?

English to know Beatles songs, which drove me loopy: I switched to electrical guitar. And German, to tie. How vital it's to know languages! Additionally Spanish, it is a delight to talk it.

However his trademark is his Mallorcan speech.

Let nobody contact me!

Have you ever at all times been composing songs?

Sure, lyrics and music. From a younger age, songs got here to me sooner than in Spain.

What number of songs has he composed?

Virtually 350 songs.

Her favourite is...

It rains .

"It is raining and the wind is blowing outdoors..."

..."That makes me really feel small like a grain of sand"...

How was this track born?

Its lyrics clarify it intimately: I am in mattress, it is raining outdoors and I am making love...

unbeatable

Stuffed with feelings and pleasure, that is how I create my songs. To compose first you want to tie.

And after the motels, what did he do?

Taking part in and dwelling in Germany, London, Denmark, Sweden... Till I returned to Mallorca.

Did he deal with different Mallorcan singer-songwriters? Like Maria del Mar Bonet...

The perfect voice in Europe!

The College of Barcelona has simply awarded her an honorary doctorate.

I shared a Nationwide Music Award along with her, in 1992, I.

Would you want a PhD?

I like this steak higher.

Are you aware Llorenç Santamaría?

On the finish of the sixties I went to the Toltec nightclub, I noticed him singing soul and I used to be blown away, excellent. I additionally admired Serafín Javaloyas, and Guillem d'Efak...

You at the moment are publishing the album Natura.

Nature has at all times been trustworthy with us and we've got betrayed her.

Do you accuse the Majorcans of getting destroyed the island?

I am speaking about me, me.

Banastres is the title of a track on the album: what's a banastre?

A banastre is somebody who's a bit drunk, party-goer, prankster, frolic, dancer and fucker, a person who is aware of how you can have enjoyable. I'm one myself, from Banastre.

How have you ever and your music developed because you have been 15?

I have never developed a lot, me. Banastre I used to be and I'm. In music I've moved with the occasions. And right this moment I write shorter lyrics.

After which?

If I believe, I do not reside. And over time I've tried to assume much less, to reside extra. If I do not assume, I reside.

What's your favourite pleasure?

The one in every of Plou. And run Little by little and in a plan, after all. If there's a descent, I speed up. If it is uphill, I stroll.

Well being, proper?

Sure, that is why I signed a contract with my document firm, which is mine, for the following thirty years. Then we'll see.