Compay Segundo Quotes

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• Young people don't want to be second to anyone. Everyone wants to be an overnight star. Look how many years I had to wait, how…
• My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.
• Every time I talk about this, I say: when the singer is singing, he must be respected, you must be able to hear what he's…
• Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.
• Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a…
• Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards…
• As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more…
• In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.
• As long as your heart beats, one is never too old.
• Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.
• I am still simple, just as if I were beginning.
• I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave.
• I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life.
• I've done a lot of things away from my homeland.
• The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age.
• When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba.
• I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100 and ask for…
• Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing each other as if we were…
• I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day. I evaluate…
• The roots of Cuban music are in my head.

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