Herbert Grönemeyer, Silbermond or the Toten Hosen - numerous musicians publish songs that can be understood as a statement against the right-wing approach. On the other hand, Matthias Reim does not think this is the right way. He also wants to sing no political songs in the future, said the 61-year-old of the "time".
"You can not inform or analyze a song, you can only polarize with a song, and that's the AfD's method in the end." But he would not perform for the party "in life". Give people advice: "Open your heart, talk to each other, listen to each other, get to know each other, then you will not be afraid of each other."
Rhyme lives in Stockach on Lake Constance (Baden-Württemberg), but is in his own words in eastern Germany particularly popular: "I can play where I want, the people come."
Several years ago, he had debts of several million euros. "The people in Chemnitz, Dresden, Rostock were the first to rediscover me, and they thought it was great that I just kept going after such a bankruptcy, maybe because they had a similar fate after 1990." A participation in the jungle camp for him, despite financial problems never came into question: "I'm not for a few euros for full deception - I'm a songwriter, in which I'm good."