I have a lot of faith and confidence in Cuban democracy.

The future of Cuba is one earned by a country that has resisted for over 50 years against the most powerful empire on Earth. The resilience of its people made this triumph materialize.

There is no one more talkative than Cubans, Cubans express their feelings, there's nobody more rebellious and revolutionary than a Cuban and I say that without chauvinism.

In Cuba we had the most ferocious form of capitalism for 60 years. It dominated every sphere of life.

To apply communism is an aspiration, in fact it has never been applied anywhere, it is really still a utopia.

Today China is a first world economy, in terms of development. The U.S. may still be in first in GDP but it is a broken economy in reality.

Cuba has not accepted the domain and imposition of an empire that has wanted to dominate us for over half a century [America].

The United States turned to repression when its prominence started to slip in Latin America through establishing military dictatorships.

Cubans are a people who suffered from capitalism in the cruelest way, in the social order, the economic order and the political order.

Under communism, no one would be living in marginal conditions as they do under capitalism today and where the greatest part of humanity lives.

In Cuba we are building a socialist society and we could say we are on the verge of a communist society which is hard to achieve, very hard to achieve, but is a longing worth fighting for.

Yet I have come to believe that while the past is unchangeable, our perceptions of is are malleable...

Each way of being is more valued in the presence of the other. This balance between making camp and following the seasons is both very ancient and very new. We all need both.

A day without laugh is a day without life.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.

The big money is not in the buying and selling ... but in the waiting.

Middle Age - later than you think and sooner than you expect.

I don't think I'm unbeatable, nobody is

People's position on immigration, once they get "sophisticated," and they rise to the higher levels of commentary or government, it's usually determined solely by economics. And not by anything else.

Your initiations are worthwhile.