Iglesias still has passion on stage
Thursday, November 26, 2009
BY IAN SPELLING
The Record
BY IAN SPELLING
The Record
"Passion," Julio Iglesias says. "It's all about passion. I still have a passion for what I do, for singing, for entertaining. I love it, and I am honored that people still have a passion for listening to me."
Iglesias, it should be noted, is one of the world's most famous, most successful and most enduring artists and performers. To put the Spaniard's career in some perspective, he has released nearly 80 albums in 14 different languages and sold more than 300 million copies of those albums across the globe. At 66 years old, with homes in Miami, the Dominican Republic and Spain and with eight children, Iglesias surely doesn't need to keep working — or maybe he does, come to think of it — but there's just no stopping him.
He's on the road again and making an East Coast swing that will bring him to Englewood on Sunday. Celebrating his 40th anniversary in the business, Iglesias — who'll no doubt be decked out in his trademark black suit, vest and tie — will croon songs from a long list of English- and Spanish-language hits that includes "Mi Amor," "Can't Help Falling in Love," "De Nina a Mujer," "Me Olvide de Vivir," "All of You" and "To All the Girls I've Loved Before."
"It's an honor to return to the same cities, to the same [venues], because that means people still care, are still interested," Iglesias says, speaking by telephone from his Miami home on a rare day off, his voice and charm as silky-smooth as ever. "My blood runs at a different speed when I am with the people, with the public.
"All of the privileges I have in my life are because of the public. They give me those privileges. They understand my passion, and I understand that without singing I would be dead, psychically and physically. Passion is maybe the most beautiful feeling human beings can have. It is more than emotion."
Fans waiting for new material from Iglesias may find themselves waiting a long while. His most recent album, "Romantic Classics," was released in 2006, and Iglesias is in absolutely no rush to head back into a recording studio.
"People ask me every day, more and more, and the thing is, I don't know," he says. "I am going to be around the world in the next several months. Let me see, I will be in the United States through December and then in Australia, China, Japan, all of Asia, in February and March and April. So I don't know when I will get back to the studio.
"I don't feel like going to the studio now. I don't know what to do in the studio. To do an album you have to put your brain and your heart together for six months, completely, and I don't feel like that now. I feel it is time for me to go on the stage, to play all around the world. I love to play on the stage more and more."
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