Gino Paoli: “I argue with God on the phone because he makes the ones I like die and makes the assholes stay. Euthanasia? If someone wants, it can and must be done.” – Il Fatto Quotidiano

“No but, I don’t care, I mind my own business like cats. I’m a cat.” It’s a liberating phrase that we all dream of saying sooner or later, at work or in some situations in our private lives. .If he is going to do it Gino Paoli, just turned 90, always free and much brighter than many children todaythen you just have to bow. We met the singer and songwriter in his beautiful home in Genoa which overlooks a wonderful sea. A conversation, more than an interview, that lasts more than an hour, where the human being is at the center of everything, with his strengths and weaknesses. Spoiler: if you think you are reading an amarcord interview, abandon the article. If, however, you want immerse yourself in Gino Paoli-Pensiero let yourself be enchanted by the words of one of the best and most important singer-songwriters in Italian music.

“I entered the world of music, songs and entertainment, let’s say a little by chance – said the artist -. Because I was a painter and I almost never left the house, I painted. And so people looked at me with a different eye than usual. I was used to dealing with pictures only, some models, some models and that was it. Then when I got into music I was very against it, also because I had never followed a kind of viveur life, as one would think a famous singer does. I minded my own business just like cats. I drank milk until I was 26 and that’s it, I started smoking up to two packs a day. Today only electronic cigarettes, but it is not the same“.

A rich and full life, but are there any regrets? “I have many regrets, so many, I would like to live with at least 10 women throughout my life (laughs, ed.). I would definitely do it all over again. Finally, 50 is the best age for a man because you are still physically fit and you are also mentally advanced. But then after the age of 50 the final physical collapse begins (laughs, ed.)”.

Gino Paoli certainly hasn’t stopped writing new music: “I don’t want these to be farewell songs. I find it too rhetorical and too serious. They are songs that also reflect my dreamy side. I dream a lot and I also have great hypersensitivity. When do I plan to publish them? When I finish them. I’m slow, I’m lazy like a cat, as Pino Daniele sang.”