You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not do for another.

I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.

People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'

I have yet to find something that beats the power of being in love, or the power of music at its most magical.

Sound is ephemeral, fleeting, but some sort of a physical manifestation can help you hold on to it longer in time. I'm sure of this; I've always thought the sound that you make is just the tip of the iceberg, like the person that you see physically is just the tip of the iceberg as well.

The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina.