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Quotes by Musician
"Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame."
117
"The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice."
117
"I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went, but I never got the sense that we really were Number 1 here in New York among the Latin crowds."
117
"You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous."
116
"Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen."
116
"My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs."
116
"All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!"
116
"One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion."
116
"I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance."
115
"In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener; I wrote to save myself."
115
"And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New York so I hooked it up when I came here and I recorded in 1969 my first album with Pete Rodriguez."
115
"Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do."
114
"So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami."
114
"So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime."
114
"I've fancied other women, but I haven't done anything about it."
113
"I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life."
113
"As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people."
113
"It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here."
113
"For me, I can only do that from my own experience with people I've known and things that I've lived and experienced. That's what good pop music is all about, pop music that does reach out to people. It's very personalized and very real, honest and sincere."
112
"I just lived it and did my own thing without looking over my shoulder. I think I'm very lucky, considering when I started everything, and the fact that I have a masters in music, and I've always worked in music, and that's what I wanted to do."
112
"I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing."
112
"So that when I came to New York again, it was, I'm not too sure right now, but it was '74 or '75. I went to Miami in '74 and then I came to New York, I think, at the end of '74."
112
"It's a non-stop invention, this game of life, and as soon as you think you've got it, you lose it."
111
"There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast."
111
"When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great deal of the time."
111
"There's always something about the Tonight Show that makes me a little bit anxious, nervous, excited. But it's good. It's good. It's been real good for me. It always has helped my career and Jay and all the people here have always been great."
110
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