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" Sure, immigrants will do work that no-one else will do. There was even a movie about it - 'A Day Without Mexicans.' "

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" It's crazy to make records nobody buys. It's just a waste of time. "

" Some people have career plans, long-range career plans. I don't know anything about that. I'm no good at it. "

" I've done a fair amount of commercials. I did a bunch of Champion spark plug ads and Levi's and Molson Beer. You wouldn't know it. But some of it's damn good. "

" You have to be able to improvise and respond to what's going on around you. Then you might get a good piece of work done. "

" Who does this, at age 71, try to put a tour together from scratch? I have to say it's scary at times. But I like a challenge 'cause it keeps you on your toes. "

" Musicians understand each other through means other that speaking. "

" The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled thing. "

" How many BMWs do you need? How many Rolex watches you gonna wear in your lifetime, for crying out loud? What is it about that kind of desire? I don't understand it. "

" I think all the music I do, which ties together, as far as I'm concerned, is fun and entertaining. "

" I always think you should push your envelope every chance you get. "

" People who aren't as interested in recorded music as they used to be will say, 'Oh, 'Buena Vista?' Loved it.' And I'll say, 'Well, how about any of my other recent records. I've been doing some pretty good ones. You like those?' And they go, 'Huh?' "

" After all is said and done and institutions fail, people still have some ability to care for each other. "

" Politics runs on power and money and on ignorance. "

" Music is fragile: people die, and it's forgotten. "

" A microphone has a certain range. It's not as good as your ears, but it will capture an enclosed space, the harmonic content in a room. Nice old tube mikes do that pretty well. And that's a good sound. "

" People respond to any good you can do in music. "

" It's good to see more young people playing instruments. "

" The world will always love Cuban music, however it changes. "

" I'm used to music as a tool, taking the various elements and then making something completely new out of them. And writing film music is the perfect opportunity to do that, because you can look at the film and then just let your imagination soar. "

" When the real world intrudes on your musical fantasies, I get put out. "

" Critics don't sell records, unfortunately. No one reads what they write anyway. "

" The biggest inspiration I had was to take norteno soul music and fuse it with Mexican music. It was my great big idea to do that. "

" If you're white working with non-white people, you will be branded as a colonialist by some people, regardless of your efforts or intentions. "

" The '50s was the golden age of music all over the world for some crazy, 'X-File'-like reason I can't quite understand. "

" I keep my mind on track, and I don't get mad, and I don't get frustrated. Well, I do... but creative work, it's a way of controlling all that. "

" With country, it's hard to penetrate the thick layers of commercialism that have been applied like shellac coatings over the real thing. "

" The ocean is very comfortable. I could never live inland. "

" I give up on pop music. As far as a commercial entity, as far as pop music goes, I quit; I absolutely throw in the towel. I can't handle it. I can't do it. I can't be what they need you to be. "

" You can play as good as you want, but you have to sing from a place of living. "