Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.

I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100 and ask for an extension, just like my grandmother did.

In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.

I am still simple, just as if I were beginning.

Young people don't want to be second to anyone. Everyone wants to be an overnight star. Look how many years I had to wait, how many roads I had to travel, how many songs I had to sing. And now I'm just beginning, never ending.

The roots of Cuban music are in my head.