"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before."
"When was about 16 or 17, I was living in Beaumont, Texas and Carlos Montoya came to Lamar College. I went to see him and I didn't know what flamenco was. But when I saw him play, I was blown away that one man on one instrument could make all that sound. I'd learned a lot, but that made a big impact. I had intuition for it. In about three years I learned most of what I know now."
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Source: Interview with Gordon Ames, www.outlawmagazine.com. May 2, 2012.
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