Recently there has been a lot of controversy between the countries, and I would hope that now the two countries could put all that behind them and start to build on what really has been a great friendship,

The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

Our goal is to get past this controversy.

The whole country was tied together by radio. We all experienced the same heroes and comedians and singers. They were giants.

The more she tried to forget, the more she remembered.

Listen, baby, people do funny things. Specially us. The cards are stacked against us and just trying to stay in the game, stay alive and in the game, makes us do funny things. Things we can't help. Things that make us hurt one another. We don't even know why. But look here, don't carry it inside and don't give it to nobody else. Try to understand it, but if you can't, just forget it and keep yourself strong, man.