When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were no virtuoso guitarists.

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.

It is impossible to feign mastery of an instrument, however skillful the impostor may be.

I've had only three wives and three guitars in my life, though I've flirted with others.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice.

I was my own teacher and pupil, in a comradeship so firm and persevering that the most trying incidents of my life served only to strengthen the union.