01- Hello Michael, how are you? I hope everything is fine with you!  
Thank you so much for this inteview!First of all I would like to start 
by knowing how  you got  interested with  music 
and who were your early bigger influences?

Elvis Presley when I was 8 years old.

When he died 1977 he suddenly was very present on TV again for a while

and I was old enough to be effected by him. He effected me big time.

From those days on I wanted to become a singer and musician.

02- Have you ever taken up vocal lessons?

Nope; I am an autodidact somehow.

 03- When you were still pretty young you joined Helloween and  

recorded the two legendary Keeper albums.
 How did this opportunity come up since you lived the dream of several 
heavy metal musicians being that young!?How did you face that? 

They heard about me in Hamburg and Markus  showed up in the rehearsal 
 room of  my school band.

He said that they were looking for a singer and gave me the “Walls of  

Jericho” album which I didn't like, so I never called him back.

But after a few weeks M.Weikath called me and said they want a singer  

like me to move on artistically.

He talked me into getting to their rehearsal room, and as soon as we  

started to play some of the main songs from the keepers that they  

wrote with my voice in mind,

I was in love and excited and in the band. The time with Kai Hansen  

was amazing, don't want to miss it. But also too soon over.

I never had a problem with success and stuff (if that's part of your  

question); never believed in ''Stars''; that keeps you healthy in  

heart and head.

04- After you left Helloween, you got focused on your solo career  

which wasn't only Heavy Metal at all. How did you face

this change and who artists have been your influence during this  

phase? In this case are you free to try new stuff on the records?

Even in my main metal days I was never only listening to metal.

My taste in music was always wide; I never understood certain  

dogmatism and mind-limiting ideologies.

And now that I am not in a metal-band anymore, and also did that  

quite enough, it is only right for me to just do what comes naturally  

in terms of music.

I am always free; I cannot do anything else than what comes  

naturally; even if I would try, I could design something for anyone  

or any label ...

05- You recorded an album which featured Adrian Smith on the guitar,
 how did this all happened?

Same management; I was looking for a guitarist and Adrian wasn't  

doing much at that time.

So Rod Smallwood (Iron Maiden management) brought us together.

Adrian is a very sweet and easy going person. Gifted guitarist too.

06- Do you think that time is the only thing to make a musician to  

grow up as an artist? How do you see this growth in your

own career?

Everything happens in time and space with us, isn't it?

So yes, it's time and experience that makes us grow.

Our age makes a big difference in how we see things and think or feel.

07- What's the biggest difference in your life now if compared to the

years of glory in Helloween's time?

I am totally different today; mentally and spiritually I have grown a  

bit over the years.

Since I am 22 years I am studying philosophy, religions,  

anthroposophy, nature science etc.

That always changes you. I can really recommend it!

08- You lastest release named "Past in different ways" brings acoustic

 arrengements to your old Helloween songs. How this idea come up?
 Since heavy metal fans tend to be conservator, 
  how they have received this album?

The idea came from Frontiers-Records. I wasn't so sure about it at  

first, but now I am very happy that I did it.

I was able to see that even my music in Helloween was already very  

much fitting me and I can fully stand for it up to this day.

In terms of how it was received: My friends in the world love it, and  

of course my enemies hate it; the usual game.

I really don't care about music-popes, you know? I do what I want  

anyway; the more they bark, the more!

It's my songs; so even if I would like to re-record them as tangos, I  

can do that without having to get the permission of the metal- 

police. ...

09- what was the feeling of singing these songs and record them  

again? If you could "re-record" some past album, would you do that?

It was not always easy emotionally, but having done it now, I know it  

helped me a lot to make even more peace with the past.

But this was a one-off, there won't be another one like this. Now  

it's new music to do!

10- Since you have influenced a lot of singers, mainly at heavy metal

style. What are your tips for the singers who want  
to succeed in this career?

Shape your personality morally with Gods help; that helps your  

singing (and your everything!)

All that matters is soul and identity. Don't try to be what you’re not,  

be yourself and in tune with God.

And sing as relaxed as you can. That's technically very important  

especially live.

11- What are the plans for the future?

Writing and recording the next Kiske-Album and probably doing an AOR  

project with a female singer.

I'm looking forward to that. So far the ideas of Frontiers were very  

cool. I am glad they bring those onto me.

12- Michael , thank you so much for this Interview! I would ask you to

leave a message for the fans here in Brazil.

I do like the passion towards music that especially south Americans  

tend to have.

Keep that up!

Michael Kiske