I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day. I evaluate things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes.

Every time I talk about this, I say: when the singer is singing, he must be respected, you must be able to hear what he's saying. You can't put a trombone and a drum up there, and a microphone on the drum, microphones on everybody. You can't hear what he's saying.

I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave.

I've done a lot of things away from my homeland.

I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life.

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

The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age.