José Miguel Conejo Torres is a Spanish rock singer-songwriter, musician and multi-instrumentalist. Better known as Leiva, he was part of the group Pereza with Rubén Pozo; In 2011 the group broke up and Leiva’s solo career began, which has been successful ever since.
If you want to know this artist’s philosophy of life, keep reading; here you will find a selection of Leiva’s best phrases commented.
On many occasions, we end up paying a high price for the easy things.
25. Your horses spit at me, mine slow down again.
You have to learn to act at the right time.
26. The songs serve to explain some that are ultra-absurd in the reality of relationships and to try to create a little book of what happens to you on a roller coaster and a back-and-forth with your partner.
Referring to the power of music to explain the emotions involved in a loving relationship.
27. May the winds not always bring a lump to your throat.
The longing for what we once had and that brings back beautiful memories.
28. I spent half of the pandemic dodging the virus on tiptoe, something quite acrobatic of which I am proud.
Leiva decided to try to make her life as normal as possible during the pandemic.
29. Increasingly tired of the haze, I wanted to find the culprits.
No one is to blame for the bad times we go through.
30. There is a national sport that is shooting. That’s why I have a distant relationship with the networks.
It has become normalized to mercilessly attack and disparage artists on social media.
31. Don’t trust my insides, I am a predator, a vital impulse, a spatial gaze.
Remember that it is in the challenging moments that you truly know someone.
32. In love and human relationships I immediately feel trapped.
A problem that stems from their fear of being trapped.
33. She has superpowers, she wears them on her forehead.
Have you met someone who looks like they have magic in their hands?
34. While everything was lighting up you were right there and I heard you say ‘Hold me, everything is easy again’.
Couples should be there to support each other in all moments of life.
35. It has been a year of big curves and it is difficult to go bareback in life, you have to find the tricks.
It is always important to remain calm in hectic situations.
36. When you are no longer waiting for anything, maybe you can take off.
When we stop expecting something, we let go of extreme worries.
37. You have to create a balance between what you want and what your team has to eat.
Musicians have an enormous commitment to their work team.
38. I think I have learned to wait.
The best things are achieved little by little because, in a hurry, you can lose more things than you gain.
39. I really am not much of a ‘druggie’ when it comes to drugs, but obviously I have taken them, and even more so during a pandemic.
Opening up about your anxiety medication use.
40. When I feel that everything is going well, your prejudices leave me sad.
There are people who love to make others feel bad, so it is best to ignore them.
41. Logically, it is normal that it has to be done well, but I decided that I did not want to relate that little dream in which I live with something so restrictive.
It is not always healthy to bring together all aspects of our private and professional lives.
42. It will be like a collage what we had.
Moments that will remain in memory, although they lose their intensity over time.
43. Diazepam is a song written under the effects of diazepam, so it seemed honest to me to tell it, because I think it happens to everyone.
Being honest about your medication use problem.
44. We look at each other with a magnifying glass, but I still see you shine.
There are people who only dedicate themselves to criticizing, in order to stand out.
45. You abandoned the nuclear zone like eagles.
Those who abandon the struggles were never really committed to anything.
46. At first it didn’t seem like an optimal state for composing, but as time went by it seemed like an inspiring episode.
The pandemic also affected his mood for songwriting, although he later recovered.
47. I am in the air, remember it well, I am not for you.
It is better to let go of someone who you know is not good for you.
48. I prefer surprise, because I have eaten my words so many times…
Surprises bring us new knowledge.
49. We fall like feathers, we smell the bottom and we fall short.
People who need to hit rock bottom to rise again.
50. And time brought us together and then separated us, how can I say no? we are going to kill each other.
Take advantage of every opportunity you have.
51. They are recurring fears. Always looking for the emergency exit is something that has happened to me since I was a child.
Talking about his biggest phobia.
52. I deceived myself with the rush I was in then and I was hooked that you didn’t go straight, even if you did it for me.
In desperate situations, we tend to ignore what others do for us.
53. I see myself making music, researching, making records, with greater or lesser success, but I see myself.
How you project your future.
54. I’m going to bite your bullets, I’m not going any further, understand now.
It is better to deal with a problem immediately, rather than making it grow further.
55. I am not a good singer, I never was, I am a storyteller and I use my voice as a vehicle, but I have no talent for singing.
It seems that Leiva perceives himself as a troubadour.
56. How nice it is to be in love and walk with you arm in arm. I bring red roses for you.
Falling in love is an unmatched feeling.
57. I would like to have a career where I can make a decent living from music, I don’t know if I will achieve it.
Trying to have a solid future, thanks to music.
58. Be careful with expectations.
When we have unrealistic expectations is when we are most disappointed.
59. Not only in my relationships, it is difficult for me to go to the movies because of that and that is why it was difficult for me to be in a classroom.
Explaining that your fear affects other aspects of your life.
60. With cold feet you don’t think well, no delirium will make us return.
It is better to take a break to reflect on our actions than to be impulsive.
61. I realized that by singing with a lot of friends, traveling and making music together my voice sounds better. It has been a luxury.
A fun experience that has given you new inspiration to create.
62. I said to myself ‘I think I could write for all of them’; That’s why it sounds so natural.
Creating songs about her moments of hearing her friends’ voices.
63. I can serve drinks or make music, but I haven’t studied anything.
School was never his thing.
64. There is no night left but the last dance, if you still say come on, I say okay.
Communication is essential for any type of relationship.
65. This is a source of songs: I don’t realize it, but when I finish the albums I say ‘I’m always talking about the same ghosts’.
Trying to generate a change in the theme of their songs.
66. I cushioned the hangover with a thousand nights of trawling.
Hard times lead us to silence our emotions with drinks.
67. I realized early on that I was wasting time at school. I was clear that my place was music.
A difficult decision, but it was the right one for his life.
68. Things change when you are not there.
Nothing is the same when that special person is no longer present.
69. I like to share the spotlight with a super powerful generation of music.
Music is about sharing.
70. Let’s go to the rooftops, with the cats, love. Today your eyes, tomorrow the world, someday both.
Even in love, things are achieved with patience and perseverance.
71. I did education until COU and for the last two years I was fooling my parents, I didn’t pass class. I was very clear that my place was music.
He sacrificed his studies to pursue his dreams. A very risky decision.
72. Do it as if you no longer have anything at stake, as if you were going to die tomorrow.
Live with intensity.
73. In love and in human relationships, friendships and work, I immediately feel very trapped.
His fear of confinement is extrapolated to his personal relationships.
74. If the world is upside down, we will have to look for sanity and a pinch of madness to know how to love yourself more.
Sometimes you need a dose of madness to face reality.
75. I would like to know more about Geography and basic things for the sake of being more educated, but not for having job opportunities.
Education is always necessary to know the different aspects of life.
76. Only I wish that your shit comes to life and gives you a kiss.
A feeling of revenge that has resonated in the minds of thousands.
77. I have had the possibility of having my own texts taken to another dimension.
Referring to how proud he feels when other artists perform his songs.
78. I see myself so far away and I miss you to death. I miss you so bad.
The distance that hits hard.
79. Everything that is happening with the emergence of the extreme right is something that has me quite worried.
Speaking about his political concerns.
80. We both fell into the fire the same summer.
A fire that can burn them or make them rise like a phoenix.
