End Quote by Alejo Carpentier

Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after…

— Alejo Carpentier

When we decided to go to Cuba to perform, we did it because we just wanted to build a bridge, you know, between Cuba…

— Juanes

Cuban artists had, for a while, a privileged position within Cuba that is probably going to become slightly less restricted to them. I think…

— Rachael Price

Music is so essential to the Cuban character that you can't disentangle it from the history of the nation. the history of Cuban music…

— Ned Sublette

The world will always love Cuban music, however it changes.

— Ry Cooder

I think there [on Cuba] is going to be an extraordinary reception.Cubans are - they want to hold onto their culture, their heritage, but…

— David Muir

Puerto Rico got too futuristic with the electronic reggaeton. It lost the essence of the reggae music.

— Nicky Jam

I won't perform in Cuba until there's no more Castro and there's a free Cuba. To me, Cuba's the biggest prison in the world,…

— Pitbull

These musicians, such as these Cubans in Havana, are a part of a scene that did produce great music and great musicians. They came…

— Ry Cooder

What I really like about Cuba is that you can go into a local bar in a provincial town and you'll get jazz played…

— John Gimlette

The music is one of the beautiful things that has survived the Castro regime. I have played for audiences all over the world but…

— Gloria Estefan

The roots of Cuban music are in my head.

— Compay Segundo