Compay Segundo Quotes

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

  Compay Segundo

  Dedication, Loving What You Do, Years

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• The roots of Cuban music are in my head.

  Compay Segundo

  Roots, Cuban, Cuban Music

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• As long as your heart beats, one is never too old.

  Compay Segundo

  Heart, Long, Beats

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• 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 their grandparents? That is a phenomenon.

  Compay Segundo

  Rocks, Europe, Grandparent

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• 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 animals, as if we had no culture; that is a lack of culture.

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  Animal, Men, Suffering

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• Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.

  Compay Segundo

  Appreciate, Cuban, Frantic

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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 many roads I had to travel, how many songs I had to sing. And now I'm just beginning, never ending.

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  Song, Travel, Stars

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• 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 and you won't get bored.

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  Bored, Desire, Too Much

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• Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.

  Compay Segundo

  Philosophy, Should Have, Should

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• I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave.

  Compay Segundo

  Singing, Graves

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• I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life.

  Compay Segundo

  Strong, Shapes, Living My Life

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• When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba.

  Compay Segundo

  Daddy, Musician, Cuba

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• The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age.

  Compay Segundo

  Play, Age, Traditional Music

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• 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

  Strong, Grandmother, Waiting

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• I've done a lot of things away from my homeland.

  Compay Segundo

  Done, Homeland

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• I am still simple, just as if I were beginning.

  Compay Segundo

  Simple, Stills, Ifs

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• In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.

  Compay Segundo

  Order, Moderation, Old You

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• 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 saying. You can't put a trombone and a drum up there, and a microphone on the drum, microphones on everybody. You can't hear what he's saying.

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  Singing, Singers, Able

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• 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.

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  Half, Talent, Wonderful

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• 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

  Mistake, Sleep, Night

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