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

There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.

Good things happen when you meet strangers.

I realized late in life that my twin passions are music and people.

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

But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.

We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.