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.

(I was) my own teacher and pupil, and thanks to the efforts of both, they were not discontented with each other.

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.

You know what I think? If I am tired now, I don't mind, because I have eternity to rest.

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

It is always about discovering what, hidden, does not lie on the paper.

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