* * * Taja, what do you listen to ? "I listen to everything. since I can't play the saxo, My drawings are like a different style of music. They reflect my personality. I don't go for the details, but the feelings. Music is an expression of the soul" Okay, then who do you listen to ? ---“It depends on my feelings.” On a sad lonely night? ---“Marcus Miller” When you want to feel happy? ---“Gypsy Kings” After a tired boring meeting? ---“Santana” After a hard day’s work? ---“The Cure” After flunking a test? ---“Michel Berger” With a walkman on a train? ---“Rapid Eye Movement” When your girlfriend leaves you? ---“Eric Clapton” On a rainy day? ---“Tina Turner” To say good bye to a friend? ---“Elton John” For a long journey to nowhere? ---“Deep Purple” On your Mother’s birthday? ---“Sting” To say goodbye? ---“DIana Ross” In a rainforest? ---“Jimmy Hendricks” After a soccer game? ---“Roger Waters” While eating pizza? ---“Nirvana” To say thank you? ---“Whitney Houston” On a snowy day? ---“Roxy Music” When you need to dance? ---“Marvin Gaye” On a hot summers’ night? ---“Jimmy Cliff” Crossing an iceberg? ---“Pearl Jam” In a church? ---“Gospel” When you need the courage to say no? ---“J.J. Goldman” When you need the energy to say yes? …“Johnny Clegg” When you lose your best friend? …“Queen” When you wanna celebrate? ---“Randy Newman” While baking a cake? ---“Stevie Vaughn Ray” For some bon jazz? ---“Thelonius Monk” When riding a bicycle? ---“Elton John” While swimming in a lake? ---“Elysian Fields” When the party’s stiff and boring? ---“Paul Simon” On highway 66? ---“The Beatles” When you’re feeling romantic? ---“Dire Straits” “While waiting for a friend?” ---“Tracy Chapman” In an African souk? ---“Bruce Springsteen” On Christmas Eve? ---“Ella Fitzgerald” To say you’ll be back someday? ---“Ray Charles” In a dark café? ---“Aerosmith” In the Sahara desert? ---“Omar Farouk Tekbilek” After a nightmare? ---“Igor Stravinsky” For a serenade on a balcony? ---“Diana King” On a volcano’s edge? ---“Bob Dylan” Sitting on a dock? ---“Michael Jackson” When you’re broke? ---“Mozart” When you’re tired of music? ---“Supertramp” When you need to quiet your mind? ---“Lionel Richie” When you forget why? ---“Beethovan” When you’re going to bed? --“Shanice” When you’re on a lonely road? ---“Chris Rea” In an elevator? ---“elevating music” While reading a book? ---“I don’t listen to music while I read books.”