I've done a lot of things away from my homeland.

The roots of Cuban music are in my head.

Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows.

My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.

Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon.

Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing each other as if we were animals, as if we had no culture; that is a lack of culture.

As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more and you won't get bored.

When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba.

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.

I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave.

As long as your heart beats, one is never too old.

Your heart will challenge you, but also reward you beyond your wildest dreams.

he was not her first love but he was her first true love.

Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.

Man has become our greatest hazard, and our only hope.

Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.

It gets worse when you realize that for YECs, 22 months is only 1.4 million years in evolutionary time.

Most poetry is very formal, but when a modern poet is formal he gets more attention for it than old poets did.

I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow.

The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.

There's nothing wrong with making mistakes. Just don't respond with encores.