“A Fool's Journey, like the metamorphosis of any artistic soul, is one that is born of innocence and curiosity and awakens through the lessons learned from triumph and loss. Our quest for enlightenment and fulfilment, and the communal search for understanding, is informed through this wondrous, shared experience.”

– —Adrien Brody, Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Pianist

“To me, Carli is like several different artists in one. There’s the pianist, the composer/lyricist, vocalist, arranger, producer, but then there’s the poet of how to speak with people, how to listen and hear them, how to be kind, how to create a gracious environment, how to make magic. Carli is a kind of angel, a pioneer, a rogue, and a mystic. He is the most highly original kind of human, who never looks over his shoulder for a sense of direction. His soul is his guide.”

– —Benny Green, jazz pianist

“I think anyone that knows Carli Muñoz will agree that he is the quintessential Renaissance man. He demonstrates his capability as a great pianist as well as a composer, and producer, and he knows how to put that all together into a recording that displays all his attributes as a musician, and now as a writer. He is definitely someone that stands out—Carli is a special one.”

– —Eddie Gomez, jazz bassist

“A Fool's Journey keeps you reading—uncovering a deeper meaning, opening doors to the known and unknown. One can sense a meandering and soulful spirit in Carli’s journey of life. Carli is a larger-than-life composer piano player that you just step back and say: Where does he come from?”

– —Roman Klun, Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer

“Carli has a musical vision which is refreshing. Now he’s written his memoir, and hopefully readers are inspired by what they discover once they lift off that rock, or when they open that door.”

– —Billy Drummond, jazz drummer

"Pianist Carli Muñoz is best known for the decade he spent touring and performing with the Beach Boys, which explains why he is frequently asked an “impertinent question” in the restaurant he owns and operates: How did a Puerto Rican get to play with the Beach Boys? He replies that his home country has bonfires, surfers, hot rods, and beaches, “not to mention great musicians.” Muñoz proceeds to answer the question more fully in this vibrant, dishy memoir, which is characterized by dramatic fluctuations in fortune. His path takes him from a highly successful career as a Puerto Rican band leader to a down-and-out existence on the streets of New York. Muñoz is reborn in the music scene of 1970s Los Angeles, where he lands the gig that changed his career. It’s a pleasure to go behind-the-scenes with the Beach Boys—who were fiercely divided by who practiced transcendental meditation and who didn’t—but the greatest pleasure comes from spending time inside this remarkably musical mind."

– —Booklist

“Pianist Carli Muñoz is best known for the decade he spent touring and performing with the Beach Boys … [A] vibrant, dishy memoir, which is characterized by dramatic fluctuations in fortune … It’s a pleasure to go behind-the-scenes with the Beach Boys—who were fiercely divided by who practiced transcendental meditation and who didn’t—but the greatest pleasure comes from spending time inside this remarkably musical mind.”

“Pianist Carli Muñoz is best known for the decade he spent touring and performing with the Beach Boys, which explains why he is frequently asked an ‘impertinent question’ in the restaurant he owns and operates: How did a Puerto Rican get to play with the Beach Boys? He replies that his home country has bonfires, surfers, hot rods, and beaches, ‘not to mention great musicians.’ Muñoz proceeds to answer the question more fully in this vibrant, dishy memoir, which is characterized by dramatic fluctuations in fortune. His path takes him from a highly successful career as a Puerto Rican band leader to a down-and-out existence on the streets of New York. Muñoz is reborn in the music scene of 1970s Los Angeles, where he lands the gig that changed his career. It’s a pleasure to go behind-the-scenes with the Beach Boys—who were fiercely divided by who practiced transcendental meditation and who didn’t—but the greatest pleasure comes from spending time inside this remarkably musical mind.”

“Muñoz writes in a straightforward, conversational style, explaining how a turn to vegetarianism, spirituality, and astrology helped him pull his life back together … A good chunk of his memoir is devoted to that era, so readers get another look at the fabled band and its inner turmoil … But A Fool’s Journey also recounts the joy Muñoz had performing with the Beach Boys and with many other musicians over the years: Wilson Pickett, George Benson, Rickie Lee Jones, and Les McCann, to name a few.”

– — Daily Hampshire Gazette