Rafi Bastos

We are a happy population because it's still a poor country.

It's very difficult to live in Brazil.

It's not easy to live in Brazil.

It's a poor country, but people find ways to have fun.

It's a tropical country, which already helps.

We see some similarities with Australia, like with the weather and stuff.

So, you know, that helps a lot, you know, because like being on a winter for like three, four, like in New York, five months, people are angry all the time.

But in Brazil, it's a hot country.

People find ways to deal with adversities in a very fun way.

Okay, like what?

Because there's a lot of poor people living in dangerous areas, you need to find ways to survive.

And surviving in Brazil is not only being able to pay for food, it's having fun, it's entertainment, it's being entertained.

There's a lot of funny people all over the country, like musicians, like you see those guys, the country guys in Brazil, the sertanejos, they don't know how to tell a joke.

You know, they have fun with each other.

You see in the favelas, like I did stories in the favelas.

The favelas are the slums in Brazil, in the mountains.

Like you go inside and you see people like...

sharing a tiny little place with 12 people and then find ways to crack jokes and to be funny because that's the way we are able to survive.

That's a good thing and a bad thing at the same time.

I even say this on stage.