Chico Buarque
Chico Buarque
Francisco "Chico" Buarque de Hollanda, popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic and cultural commentary on Brazil and Rio de Janeiro in particular...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionWorld Music Singer
Date of Birth19 June 1944
CountryBrazil
entangled music
Had I not become entangled with music, I would have become an author much earlier.
imperative musical musically original rhythm whatever
Whatever is original in my writing comes from my musical apprenticeship. I look for rhythm in words. I imagine words as if they were musical chords. Often I'll write something, read it, and find it musically unsatisfactory. There is a musical imperative in my choice of words.