I'm not more than a musician that enjoys what he does and a Colombian that dreams and fights for peace in his country.

I was touched by the magic of music. My way to communicate was through my guitar and music.

You have to learn to balance work, family, a personal life; it is a part of life.

When I talk about God, I'm not necessarily talking about religion. To me, God is the energy and light that each of us carries.

I always travel with my guitar. I take it myself - with me in my hand. I don't like to send it by cargo because it's dangerous. There is no way I would do that.

I believe love is the most powerful energy we have in this life. Everything is about love.

Singing in Spanish is much more honest, much closer to my roots. For me, Spanish is essential. I still think in Spanish, dream in Spanish. It's the melodies and arrangements that transmit meaning.

You know, violence, I think, knocks on everyone's door.

Praying doesn't mean repeating a prayer.

I come from a very, very Catholic family. We used to pray the rosary every day after dinner.

Joaquin Sabina is one of my favorites. He's like a legend. He's like our Bob Dylan, or our Bruce Springsteen. He's one of the most talented writers of our Latin music.

We have not been created out of nothing, but from primeval "ur-matter, " atoms formed billions of years ago that have for a brief while been gathered into collections that think they are us.

Service of self is best developed in dealings of service to others.

The main thing we can learn from The Lord of the Rings is that we who are in a position to save the world (by which I mean all of us) do so primarily to save our friends.

There are some directors, lesser in confidence or skill, who make the actor feel very uncomfortable because you feel you're auditioning for them, every day, and that's a terrible feeling on the set.

I've always connected with music. Life's not always what you see; it's what going on in your head. Music is what comes out of your subconscious.

Oh, a bookshop. Why not pop in and buy a little Kant? And perhaps just a quarter-pound of Kafka. Don't bother to wrap it, thanks. I'll eat it here.

Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.

I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible.

I think I've been lucky in the regard to have a team that sees me as an artist.

It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef.