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.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

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

When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into its proper place. But when one takes the scaffold down, the building must stand by itself with no trace of the means by which it was erected. That is how a musician should work.

The piano is a monster that screams when you touch its teeth.

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