Arturo O'Farrill

“Jazz and Cuba are inexorably tied together; it's not a branch from a tree. Latin music is part of the root of jazz.”

“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.”

“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...”