"This is an intellectual music. We’re talking about something that people spend years and years studying. There’s nothing natural about this."
Ian Scionti, Guitarist
Pedro Sierra, Guitarist / Composer / Producer
“It’s fundamental that flamenco stays true to its roots. The moment that’s lost, it becomes a vulgar music.”
Reflexiones Sobre… Flamenco Technique
"Flamenco technique today is incredibly advanced and difficult. However, the point of art, at least from my point of view, is to have something to say and to communicate that effectively. Can you talk about the approach and attitude you have with respect to your technique? "
Manolo Sanlúcar, Guitarist / Composer
"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."
Pedro Barragán, Guitarist, Part 2
"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."
José Manuel Martos, Guitarist
"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."
Paco Cortés, Guitarist
"I just feel the most comfortable when I have a guitar in my hands. The hours fly by and I couldn’t care less."
Blas Martinez, Guitarist
"No one has the absolute truth as to what flamenco is or is not."
Mariano Conde, Luthier
"A guitar, in reality, is a small church inside."
