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My father has interviewed a lot of people in his radio program. Politicians, singers, actors, activists, talented youngsters, and specialists have amazed the audience more than once with dramatic testimonies and innovative discoveries. However, there is nothing quite like the interview of Mr. Facundo Cabral. This was not the first time he came to México, but it was definitely the first time I had heard about him. All I really knew was that he was an Argentinian singer, but did not know how famous. At first, everything looked like any other interview. My father entered the cabin as I watched him from the other side of the crystal that separated the cabin from the control room. My father’s assistant delivered a cold glass of water and a steaming coffee for the prestigious interviewee. My father is usually confident when making an interview, yet he was nervous about this one. He kept reading some pages containing facts of the famous Argentinian singer. My father, when making an interview considers the interviewee’s life, songs, family, home, and many other things so that he can ask what other people have not even thought of. When the time had come, Mr. Facundo entered the cabin smiling and wearing his iconic pink sunglasses. When he started talking to my father, they kept on and on like they had known each other for many years. Every word said was part of a philosophy and a lifestyle, and religion was a subject discussed but in a very respectful and open for discussion manner. I was immersed in Mr. Facundo’s stories, but specially one. He spoke about the day his brother entered home with his face full of tears and his heart broken. Her mother didn’t tried to comfort him at the moment, but asked Facundo how big the population of the planet was. Quite a strange question if you ask me. Confused, Facundo answered that about six billion people. To make things even stranger, his mother repeated the answer with astonishment. Nevertheless everything became clear when her mother exclaimed how it was possible that from six billion people in the world his brother was crying for just one girl. A valuable lesson that could be learned from that interview is that no matter how big the problems are, sometimes it is a matter of perspective to realize how ridiculous and small problems really are. This, stated my father, is the best interview he has ever made.