To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
Great music survives not because of institutions that preserve it, but because each generation discovers it anew.
"I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars."
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
"Escribir es una forma de terapia. A veces me pregunto cómo se las arreglan los que no escriben, los que no componen música o pintan, para escapar de la locura, de la melancolía, del terror pánico inherente a la condición humana."