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A lot of groups spend their whole cultural and aesthetic identity trying to move away from Africa, which I think is a mistake. One of the reasons I love Cuba and cultures like that is because they're not trying to move away from their African roots, they're trying to embrace them. That's part of the culture.

~Arturo O'Farrill

Topics: Aesthetic Africa African Away Because Cuba Cultural Culture Cultures Embrace Groups Identity Like Lot Love Mistake Move Part Reasons Roots Spend Them Think Trying Which Whole I Think I Love

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Culture is a fluid, ongoing process. People tend to look at culture in a fixed time but it's constantly moving and evolving, as is the conversation between Americans and Cubans.

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Topics: American Between Constantly Conversation Cuban Culture Evolving Fixed Fluid Look Moving Ongoing People Process Tend Time

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Too many spend too much time trying to live in a fixed point, when our lives are an unfolding journey. Taking on new challenges is how we fix the world.

~Arturo O'Farrill

Topics: Challenges Fix Fixed How Journey Live Lives Many Much New New Challenges Our Our Lives Point Spend Taking Time Too Too Much Too Much Time Trying Unfolding World

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I made one rule for myself, and I really try to live it: Play music you love, with people you love, for people you love. If I can't be that kind of musician, I'll drive a cab.

~Arturo O'Farrill

Topics: Cab Drive Kind Live Love Made Music Musician Myself People Play Play Music Really Rule Try You

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Creating music based on art and giving away from your spirit is more important than making a living.

~Arturo O'Farrill

Topics: Art Away Based Creating Giving Important Living Making Making A Living More Music Spirit Than Your

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I won't give up swimming, even if it kills me. I love the rhythm of it.

~Arturo O'Farrill

Topics: Even Give Love Me Rhythm Swimming Up I Love

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For me, learning music and playing music and learning your instrument has incredible parallels for our day-to-day existence as human beings. All the ideas of discipline, and having a sense of yourself and translating that to music, that's all part of life's journey.

~Arturo O'Farrill

Topics: Beings Day-To-Day Discipline Existence Having Human Human Beings Ideas Incredible Instrument Journey Learning Life Me Music Our Parallels Part Playing Sense Translating Your Yourself

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I've always thought of music as profound spirituality because you can use that music and that spirituality for personal gain or for the good of the world, the good of humanity, and for the good of your people.

~Arturo O'Farrill

Topics: Always Because Gain Good Humanity Music People Personal Profound Spirituality Thought Use World You Your

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I think when a musician loses their inhibition and dives deep into their soul, that's a prayer. It's so powerful that you will touch people whether it's good or bad.

~Arturo O'Farrill

Topics: Bad Deep Good Loses Musician People Powerful Prayer Soul Think Touch Touch People Whether Will You I Think

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You're going to tell me that things aren't right in Cuba, and so we shouldn't engage. It's lunacy. Look outside your door and see the inhumanity of Americans... that we perpetrate on a daily basis in our lives... and then tell me that you're going to isolate Cuba as an example. I'm sorry; that's unacceptable.

~Arturo O'Farrill

Topics: American Basis Cuba Daily Daily Basis Door Engage Example Going Inhumanity Isolate Lives Look Lunacy Me Our Our Lives Outside Right See Sorry Tell Then Things Unacceptable You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: June 22nd, 1960

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