Buena Vista Social Club Quotes
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I have to think that somewhere on some little island in the Pacific, there's someone's who's great, but I'm probably never going to hear him.
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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.
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You can make records from now 'til doomsday, and there are something like 50,000 records released every year, but the public gets to hear very few of these. They just won't know. They might be great records, but how in the world is the public supposed to find out about them?
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Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.
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If you can't get yourself understood, you may have trouble, so you need some interpretation every now and again wherever you might be.
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When you here a conjunto and you hear another conjunto, you think it's like a continuation of the first. It's all the same, same, same. There's no variety, just the same music.
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These musicians, such as these Cubans in Havana, are a part of a scene that did produce great music and great musicians. They came from this tradition, so it's a good place to look. It's like prospecting: You gotta know where to look.
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We had longed for this success for many years, ... But better late than never.
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I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave.
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Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.
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When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba.
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Most folks, when they see movies or hear records, need something that they find pulls them in, draws them in, and appeals to them beyond just the notes. For a record to be memorable and great, it has to have something of this quality. Exactly what that is, I don't know, but I think it has something to do with an atmosphere, an environment that is appealing and attractive. And the people that inhabit this environment have... almost a message for the rest of the world.
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I play music the way it was played in yesteryear.
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If you think you fit into a situation, it's worth trying.
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The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age.
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Los Angeles is not Mexico City, but we have many fine nightclubs and restaurants here. It is enough. One must not aim too high.
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I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life.
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Musicians understand each other through means other that speaking.
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Musicians are not so concerned with language.
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As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more and you won't get bored.
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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.
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Something has to happen between you and the public, some interface that lets the public in on what you're doing.
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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.
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In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.