"Zeca"  José Afonso

"Music is civically engaged if the musician, as a citizen, is engaged. It's not the singer's work itself that defines that commitment, but rather the set of circumstances that bind the musician to his moment in History, to the political context of his time, and to the people with which he shares his life and for whom he sings."

Interview by Viriato Teles, November 1985,

published in "As Voltas de um Andarilho"