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

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.

Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows.

When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba.

My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.

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

Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing each other as if we were animals, as if we had no culture; that is a lack of culture.