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

Music, Work, Dedication, Desire

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

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"I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave."

Grave, Singing

"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."

Travel, People, Beginning, Ending

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

Age, Music, Play

"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."

Music, Talent, Tribute

"As long as your heart beats, one is never too old."

Heart, Old

"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."

Time, Saying, Singing, Talk

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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Music, Preparation, Performance, Art

"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Music, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Power

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Music, Loneliness, Space

"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Music, Truth, Memory, Happiness

"You can cage the singer but not the song."

Harry Belafonte, American Musician

Music, Song

"For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Music, Life, Meaning, Joy

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Music, Truth, Happiness, Power, Inspirational

"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Music, Beauty, Soul, Revelation

"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."

Stephen King, American Author

Music, Regret, Power, Today

"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Music, Heart, Soul, Heavenly

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"I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave."

"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."

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

"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."

"As long as your heart beats, one is never too old."

"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."

"Everyone should have a philosophy for living better."

"Because people are very interested in my poetry, in what I say."

"I play music the way it was played in yesteryear."

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

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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."

"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."

"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

"You can cage the singer but not the song."

"For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty."

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."

"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."