Flamenco Quote of the Day

On this life's journey
the rich ride on horseback,
gentlemen walk,
and the poor drag themselves along.

En el viaje de la vida
van los ricos a caballo,
los caballeros a pata,
y los pobres arrastrando.

Copla Andaluza/Traditional

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

I leave the door ajar
so that sometime it might
tempt you to try. 

Dejo la puerta entornada
por si alguna vez te diera
la tentacion de empujar.

Solea/Traditional

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

Though I have a well in my house,
I am dying of thirst
because the rope is not
long enough.

Tengo yo un pozo en mi casa,
y yo me muero de sed
porque la soga no alcanza.

Tientos/Traditional

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

In my opinion, Moron guitar isn't a style of playing, but a way of touching the strings, depending heavily on the base strings, and free of advanced technique. The thing is, there are people who think I've got a lot of nerve to say such a thing. But now that Paco de Lucía has also said it, maybe things will change, don't you think?

Daniel Mendez/Guitarrista 2002

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

In the caves at dawn, when the singer is hoarse
and the room is cold, when the wine is crusted
on the glasses and the eyelids close in exhaustion;
that is the time when the singer and the voice and
the song may find their moment.

Attributed to Molina/Cantaor

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

If I know some twenty distinct definitions of flamenco,
it is because I have asked that many aficionados to
express the meaning of the art they love. I could have
enjoyed thirty definitions if I had bothered to ask ten others.

Ken Haas/Photographer

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

Just like the Jews,
though they burn me alive,
I won't deny what I have been.

Como los judios,
aunque las carnes me quemen,
no reniego de lo que he sido.

Solea/Traditional 

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