Reflexiones Sobre El Arte Flamenco
"The status of the artist has risen a lot, but the salaries are the same. Therefore, I think there’s a problem. It’s the worst time period ever to be an artist. The worst time! It’s the worst because whenever there are economic problems, they always pull resources from culture. "
"If you don’t have work, invent the work yourself."
"This is an intellectual music. We’re talking about something that people spend years and years studying. There’s nothing natural about this."
“It’s fundamental that flamenco stays true to its roots. The moment that’s lost, it becomes a vulgar music.”
"I’m not trying to say that I’m an especially intelligent or special person, what I want to say is that the impulse to do and to know has always carried me forward. It’s moved me ahead of myself, not of anyone else, of myself."
"One can harm themselves by having a Peter Pan complex, by wanting to be a guitar student forever and by dedicating themselves to that exclusively. Life takes you other places."
"Talent, luck, and the support of your teachers and family, you need to know how to use that, how to take advantage of it, and how to be grateful for it."
"I just feel the most comfortable when I have a guitar in my hands. The hours fly by and I couldn’t care less."
"No one has the absolute truth as to what flamenco is or is not."
"I’m playing music, which means I’m part of something beautiful and I get to participate in that just as the public does. "
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