"I'm a great believer in chance, in the opportunity of chance - like in Don Quixote, they ask the old knight, 'Where are you going?' and he says, 'I don't know… wherever my horse takes me.'"

"I'm not the one who whispers to the horses, I'm rather the man who listens to them."

"The horses have taught me everything and you have to listen to them…No matter what happens, the horse is stronger than you and it is not by force that you work, but with patience and understanding. It's about having an accomplice, not just a tool."

"Our aim is to show emotion, to make something that resonates…Just as in church, there's a separation or a pause between the sacred and profane, with Zingaro the audience needs to be prepared, to be in tune with us."

"I choose musicians, performers and horses all the same way - out of pure instinct, out of hunger or need."

"When you come down to it, perfection isn't all that interesting; the right flaw can take you much farther than perfection ever could."

"The alliance of man and horse - wasn't it the origin of all conquests?"