Sara’s Reviews > The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto > Status Update

"Everyone joins a band in this life. And what you pay always affects someone."

"Death has no ears. Someone wrote that when Tarrega died. If it did, it could never rob the world of his music."

"'When you want someone to listen to you, will you attack them?'
'No, Maestro.'
'No, you will not. You will make them hear the beauty of what you are offering, and they will want it for themselves.'"

"I have said that music allows for quick creation. But it is nothing compared with what you humans can destroy in a single conversation."

"'Remember this, Francisco,' he said. 'The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.'"

"No other creature has this arrogance - to confine its own. Could you imagine a bird imprisoning another bird? A horse jailing a horse? As a free form of expression, I will never understand it. I can only say that some of my saddest sounds have been heard in such places. A song inside a cage is never a song. It is a plea."

“Truth is light. Lies are shadows. Music is both.”

“All humans are musical.
Why else would the Lord give you a beating heart.”