Cuban Quote by Compay Segundo Download Open image “The roots of Cuban music are in my head.” — Compay Segundo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cuban Cuban music Music Roots
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 Copy Share Image
It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of Latin music… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I'm Cuban and Puerto Rican and Miami is very Cuban oriented. Growing up around the music - all of the salsa and meringue influenced… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going. — Oona Chaplin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Compay Segundo Copy Share Image
I'm half-Cuban, my mother was born in Cuba and came here as a teenager, so it's got a lot of Latin influence to it.… — Jamie Lynn Sigler Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana. — Julia Sawalha Copy Share Image
I feel like I got my first real taste of Caribbean and Cuban culture while I was there. I have quite a sizeable Cuban… — Ayshay Copy Share Image
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… — Compay Segundo Copy Share Image
When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba. — Compay Segundo Copy Share Image
The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age. — Compay Segundo Copy Share Image
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… — Compay Segundo Copy Share Image
When you here a conjunto and you hear another conjunto, you think it's like a continuation of the first. It's all the same, same,… — Compay Segundo Copy Share Image
In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation. — Compay Segundo Copy Share Image
Every time I talk about this, I say: when the singer is singing, he must be respected, you must be able to hear what… — Compay Segundo Copy Share Image
There is us living the Cuban experience that we believe is ours. We do not believe that it is perfect, but it has been… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
I already had three strikes against me. One, I have light skin. Two, I'm from Miami, which wasn't getting looked at at the time.… — Pitbull Copy Share Image
I love sleeping. If there was an Olympics for it, I'd take gold. I'm Cuban. We love to sleep. — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
Most people give Kennedy a passing grade, a good grade on the Cuban Missile Crisis handling, but what they don't realize, if he had… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
I'm from a Cuban family, so we're used to talking really loud. You come to a Cuban restaurant anywhere in Miami, and we're practically… — Kat Dahlia Copy Share Image
I have my great grandmother's recipe for black beans, all the way from Cuba, and I know how to make those. I'm actually pretty… — Danny Pino Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Try telling a Cuban: 'You should pay higher rent, or pay for your own healthcare' ... There is no serious opposition to the current government. — Saul Landau Copy Share Image
I stand as I always have with the Cuban people who love, cherish and celebrate liberty. Hard-working, helpful people who open their hearts and… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
A Hoyo de Monterrey double corona is my favourite Cuban since Desi Arnaz. — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Cubans are a people who suffered from capitalism in the cruelest way, in the social order, the economic order and the political order. — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image