42 Quotes by Juan Gabriel

There is no more disastrous mania, no more dangerous whim, than the speculation over roads not taken.

I don’t believe in anything, only in myself, but I respect all people who believe in something.

I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money.

The saddest thing that can happen to a person is to find out their memories are lies.

I don’t believe in competing, because there’s room for everyone. You have to compete with yourself, because your duty to grow as a human being and keeping your humility is much more important than your music career. You can get money, women, travels, but all that’s an illusion.

The most wonderful thing in life is to do something for a child because they’re children for such a short time. We can’t allow ourselves to let them live a miserable childhood.

Adulthood brings with it a pernicious illusion of control.

Art itself is female – it is full of graciousness, cadence, color, rhythm. It’s full of love and grace.

Experience, or what we call experience, is not the inventory of our pains, but rather sympathy we learn to feel for the pain of others.