Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Paco de Lucia

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Spanish musician Paco de Lucia.
Last updated on September 30, 2024.
Paco de Lucia

Francisco Sánchez Gómez, known as Paco de Lucía, was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first flamenco guitarists to branch into classical and jazz. Richard Chapman and Eric Clapton, authors of Guitar: Music, History, Players, describe de Lucía as a "titanic figure in the world of flamenco guitar", and Dennis Koster, author of Guitar Atlas, Flamenco, has referred to de Lucía as "one of history's greatest guitarists".

I didn't study music. I literally lived it. — © Paco de Lucia
I didn't study music. I literally lived it.
With the guitar I've suffered a great deal, but when I've had a good time, the suffering seemed worthwhile.
Every July, August and part of September I escape of the guitar, I escape of Paco de Lucia and I go to Mexico to the Carrabian. I have a little house there where I spend two months listening to music, no playing because I don't bring the guitar with me, fishing and cooking my fish and charging the batteries for new concerts.
The hands find a way to do what the heart wants to say
If you lack technique you lose the freedom to create.
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