Compay Segundo Quotes

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. - 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. - Compay Segundo

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

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. - Compay Segundo

The roots of Cuban music are in my head. - Compay Segundo

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

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

I've done a lot of things away from my homeland. - Compay Segundo

In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation. - Compay Segundo

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