THERION's Christofer Johnsson: "I Never Had Any Chauvinism Towards Other's Compositions"
February 21, 2007, 17 years ago
Metal Express Radio has issued an interview with THERION mainman Christofer Johnsson, conducted by Zoltan Koncsok. The following is an excerpt:
Q: Is there any musical challenge that you wouldn’t embrace with Therion?
A: "There’s nothing I can say I wouldn’t do, but the only rule is that I’ll have to like it. I would never ever record a song on a record that I don’t like even if the entire band would love the song. But, apart from that, I don’t see any limitations. For example, you can see that it’s the drummer writing half the lyrics on this record. I’ve always said that it doesn’t matter who’s writing the songs as long as I choose them and I like them. And, I never had any chauvinism towards other’s compositions. I just listen to the songs and I pick the best ones. Of course, it’s a very subjective matter, but since it’s very hard to define what Therion is, it has to be me. But, that doesn’t mean that I’m deciding everything. It happens many times that when it comes to arrangements they tell me that 'we should do this or do that' and I’m fine with that if it’s the right way. But, when it comes to the overall strategy like which direction to go, what songs to use, then I have a veto there, but it’s very seldomly used."
Read the full interview at this location.
