"I have to confess that I still do not read music at all. When I look at all the artists today I think they are doing the right thing to learn as much as possible about music. When I was young I simply had no choice but to learn by ear. Some people say that this might be a reason why my music comes more from inspiration than from intellect."

 (Paco de Lucía, pseudonimo di Francisco Sánchez Gómez, chitarrista e compositore; Algeciras, 21 dicembre 1947 – Cancún, 25 febbraio 2014)