Joaquín Sabina is a Spanish singer-songwriter, born in Úbeda (Jaén) in 1949.

Without a doubt, he is one of the most outstanding figures of contemporary Spanish music and stands out, not only for his broken voice and unique style, but also for his lyrics full of feeling.

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Best quotes of Joaquín Sabina

Joaquín Sabina is a musician, but he could very well have been a street poet. In today’s article, we have selected 100 phrases from his great songs . Enjoy them!

1. When the city paints its lips in neon, you will ride my cardboard horse… they can steal your days, not your nights

A beautiful woman crossed Joaquin Sabina’s path and left him speechless.

2. This goodbye does not make up a goodbye, this one never hides a wish, this ash does not play with fire, this blind man does not look back

Looking back can be a problem if we want to keep growing.

3. Don’t get too smart, don’t invest in christs, don’t play dumb

Tricking the staff into getting away with it…

4. When the end point of the finals is not followed by a colon

This is definitely a “done deal”.

5. He always had a very high forehead, a very long tongue and a very short skirt

A quote from Joaquin Sabina in reference to a very troubled woman.

6. Where is the song you made for me when you were a poet? It ended so sad that I could never start it

The sadness of a break-up is painful . Taken from the song “Barbie Superstar”.

7. These lips that taste of goodbye, of vinegar in the wounds, of season’s handkerchief

Goodbye kisses invite sadness.

8. And life went on, as do things that don’t make much sense

Not every relationship ends with a happy ending.

9. But tonight a prisoner is being released

A thought-provoking sentence by Sabina.

10. The worst thing about love is when it happens… the good thing about years is that they heal wounds, the bad thing about kisses is that they create addiction

Lack of love is, without a doubt, one of the most difficult experiences a human being can go through.

11. There was a future in the hungry pupils of mature men

Anyone has seen older men desperate to win over a beautiful young woman.

12. Hang on to whoever loves you, die only for love…

Unrequited love can be a devastating experience.

13. And I, who had sworn to die without issue, as my father died

A phrase for free interpretation

14. Even if I keep dying for you, I’ll go with the first one who loves me…

Lack of love can turn us into desperate people looking for love in the arms of anyone.

15. It’s up to you and me to make sure that between the two of us it’s still last night, today morning

A night full of passion that lasts an eternity.

16. Ambiguous hours that mix the drunk and the early bird

The best and the worst happen at night.

17. A kiss is only a round and the bed is a boxing ring

Going from a kiss to bed is what we all look for with that person we love.

18. There are women who drag suitcases loaded with rain

Goodbye in a kiss hurts more than anything in this world.

19. Men cheat more than women; women cheat better

It is said that women are smarter at infidelities.

20. And the blood galloping through my veins and a cloud of sand within my heart, and this streak of love without appetite…

The extract of a lyric from a song by Sabina. No doubt, pure poetry.

21. Now that without knowing, we have known, love each other, as we should, without loving each other, yet

A fancy date but with a lot of feeling.

22. Wherever roads cross, where the sea cannot be conceived, where the fugitive always returns, let’s say I’m talking about Madrid

Madrid is a beautiful city to get lost in.

23. Before you love me like you love a cat, I’ll go off with anyone who looks like you

When they tell you they love you but don’t really do anything for you.

24. I don’t like to invest in chimeras, your hips have brought me here and not your heart

Sometimes, we just feel passionate about someone.

25. How short is eternal life through the tunnel of your legs

A tunnel that more than one would like to go through.

26. The atrocious thing is not wanting to know who you are, past water, scorched earth

The past must be buried and left behind.

27. I was throwing away the bag and the life I was giving up little by little

In the end, when it doesn’t work, you have to let it go.

28. Often, the most urgent lips, are not in a hurry two kisses later

You may want to kiss her, but then you want to enjoy her.

29. I fall asleep at the burials of my generation

A thought-provoking phrase from Sabina.

30. The wooden suit that I’m going to wear for the first time is not even planted, and the priest who is going to give me the last rites is not even an altar boy

A date full of irony.

31. I can get corny and say: your lips taste the same to me, as the lips I kiss in my dreams…

Love makes us get cheesy with the person we love.

32. Ladies at night, who in the back seat of a car did not ask if you wanted them

Another phrase that could well be extracted from some poetic verses.

33. It is not me, nor you, nor anyone else who are the miserable fingers that wind my watch

The seconds and minutes are up to her.

34. I gave him my nights and my bread, my anguish, my laughter, in exchange for his kisses and his hurry

People change when they’re in love.

35. Worse for the sun, which goes into the cradle of the sea to snore at seven o’clock, while a servant, lifts up the skirt of the moon

Nice words from Joaquin Sabina.

36. Between the two unstable times, storms appear in your eyes

There are women who are a tornado.

37. Water extinguishes the fire and the burning of the years

A quote that can be interpreted in different ways.

38. Don’t get lost if I yell at you get lost

A funny, humorous word.

39. And what about the critic who, indignant, accuses me of playing too much Russian roulette?

Sometimes we don’t look at ourselves and blame others

40. Why invest in silly soup cans? It’s like varnishing your own coffin

A phrase that has whatever meaning you want to give it.

41. A good reputation should be dropped at the foot of the bed, today you have a chance to show that you are a woman as well as a lady

You don’t always have to be tough.

42. Who can care after death that one has his vices

Many enjoy their vices and use these phrases to deceive themselves.

43. Where do you think you’re going, what do you think I am, don’t look back, I’m not there anymore

One finally gets tired and leaves…

44. The night you lost your fear of fear was so short that it still lasts

When you step forward and overcome your fears.

45. Let dreams be lies of truth

Dreaming is free and has a lot of meaning.

46. It’s up to you and me to make sure that between the two of us it’s still last night, today morning

Magical nights will always be remembered.

47. This cowardly way of not telling us no, this with you, this without you so bitter

It’s not always easy to come clean.

48. I look for an encounter that illuminates my day and I find only doors that deny what they hide

When you only think about seeking happiness, you rarely find it.

49. I’ll call her tomorrow. This cowardly way of not telling us no

An excuse that affects yourself, a way of self-deception.

50. There are women who even when they lie do not tell the truth

Irony is part of this sentence.

51. You had better learn to live on the dividing line between tedium and passion

Passion moves the world, moves people.

52. I am not addicted to opera divas; they cultivate the muscle of the vocal chords and seem to me more sporty than artists

A comparison between opera singers and sportsmen.

53. More rare was that summer, when it didn’t stop snowing…

Humor is an essential part of this curious date.

54. I never had more religion than a woman’s body

Their God is, and will be, women.

55. The good thing about years is that they heal wounds, the bad thing about kisses is that they create addiction

Kisses are addictive, especially from that special someone.

56. How difficult it is to try to get out of this magic in which we have been imprisoned

Prisoners of love in a prison that many wish they were.

57. My plan is to grow old without dignity

A beautiful phrase by Joaquín Sabina, giving a touch of humor to life.

58. When I am good I am good, when I am bad I am better

When you do what you want without thinking about what others think of you, you’re happier.

59. There is no worse nostalgia than longing for what never happened

The only thing we can regret is that we didn’t do it.

60. Love is an epidemic that ends with time

Love has a shelf life if it is not cared for

61. He was one of those individuals who kept quiet by not making any noise, an assiduous loser of so many battles that oblivion won

When you don’t agree, you better defend yourself.

62. Love is called the game in which a pair of blind people play at hurting each other

Love is blind and can sometimes be harmful.

63. The kisses that I lost, for not knowing how to say: “I need you”

In love we must be sincere, if not we may regret it.

64. When death comes to visit me, let them take me south to where I was born. There is no room for anyone here

A quote that talks about the end of days.

65. All I have that is nothing I gave you

He gave her everything he had because he felt it.

66. When from her and from me there are only these verses left

Love ends and you have to accept it.

67. I no longer close the bars, nor do I make so many excesses, They are sadder and sadder, the love songs

There are people who prefer to go out drinking when they leave it with that person they love.

68. You who were a master in the difficult art of not getting wet under a shower

Sabina talks about those people who always come out on top in adversity. From the song “Suicide Drivers”.

69. Tomorrow is the eve of the day after, the day after flowers at the wake

Tomorrow is a new dawn and we must take advantage of it.

70. To sing is to shoot at oblivion, to live without you is to sleep at the station

Forgetting someone you love isn’t always easy.

71. You know better than me that even the bones are only pierced by the kisses you haven’t given, the lips of sin…

The kisses of that person you love reach the bottom of your heart.

72. I can get dignified and say: Take my address, when you get tired of cheap love for a while … call me

Bad experiences in love can make you realize what you’ve lost.

73. I prefer war with you, to winter without you

When you want to be with someone, even if it goes wrong, you’d rather not see them.

74. In the New York fatwa, the Statue of Liberty

gives more shade than the lemon trees

A quote about New York, the city of skyscrapers.

75. Recovering the names of things again, calling bread to bread, wine to wine, armpit to armpit, miserable to fate. And he who kills, call him murderer at once

The light things and the thick chocolate.

76. Do not close the window to the dawn that breaks the glass that is now the beginning of the end

Poetry in its purest form, a phrase to frame.

77. I’m not asking for forgiveness, what for? If you are going to forgive me, because you don’t care anymore

When someone stops caring about you, it doesn’t matter what you do.

78. This fish doesn’t die from your mouth anymore, this madman leaves with another madwoman, these eyes don’t cry for you anymore

Maybe in other arms it is possible to find happiness.

79. They tucked themselves in with the sense of your and my raving

A rhyme that makes a lot of sense.

80. I trade my wrinkles for your acne

Acne is a sign of youth, wrinkles of old age.

81. And the sun is a tear in an eye that does not know how to cry

The sun gives us life. Sabina uses it in this sentence.

82. In Comala I understood that where you have been happy you should not try to return

Sometimes you have to go outside the comfort zone to keep growing.

83. Even the soles of my shoes miss you

When that person you love leaves, you see them everywhere.

84. For saying what I think, without thinking what I say, more than one kiss and more than one slap

Being honest is not always welcomed by others.

85. The child who dreamed that he wrote is no longer dreaming, Mary’s heart, don’t leave me like this

Over time, illusions can fade.

86. Don’t let the mirrors prove you right

One’s identity goes far beyond appearances.

87. Let the truths have no complexes

The truth exists beyond opinions.

88. The monarchy is a democratic deficit that we suffer from by inheritance

One of Joaquín Sabina’s phrases about politics.

89. I sing my loneliness because I have too much

To have or not to have company is not something that always depends on you, but the feeling that it produces can be regulated, for example, through the arts.

90. Whenever I confess I give myself absolution

Wallowing in guilt and regret brings no good

91. He was so poor that he had nothing but money

Materialism can become a trap.

92. Death is just luck with a changed letter

An ingenious observation about death and how easily it can come.

93. What curse separates the lovers who have not forgotten?

There are situations of separation that cannot be explained.

94. In matters of love always lose the best

Sometimes in the realm of love, compassion and empathy do not bring good luck.

95. When I sleep without you, I dream of you

Dreams can be a space where fantasies are offered as compensation.

96. How small is the light of the lighthouses of those who dream of freedom

Many idealists have no reference to draw on.

97. The muses do not accept excuses

Imagination comes and goes, but it’s up to us to harness it.

98. At fifteen, the tying ropes cut off my wings

Social norms can be very limiting and unjustified.

99. Sex vices are not vices

Sabina questions the stigma and taboos surrounding sexuality.

100. Your voodoo is already poking at bone

Suffering can make us emotionally hardened.