Author: Compay Segundo

Quotes

I play music the way it was played in yesteryear.

I play music the way it was played in yesteryear.

- Compay Segundo

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.

- Compay Segundo

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 an extension, just like my grandmother did.

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 an extension, just like my grandmother did.

- Compay Segundo

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 things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes.

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 things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes.

- Compay Segundo

My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.

My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.

- Compay Segundo

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 bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows.

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 bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows.

- Compay Segundo

Because people are very interested in my poetry, in what I say.

Because people are very interested in my poetry, in what I say.

- Compay Segundo

The roots of Cuban music are in my head.

The roots of Cuban music are in my head.

- Compay Segundo

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, same. There's no variety, just the same music.

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, same. There's no variety, just the same music.

- Compay Segundo

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