#cuban

I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American. ↗

— Jon Secada

#american #cuban #i #might

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#comes #cubans #frantic #music

The roots of Cuban music are in my head. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#head #music #roots

I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century. ↗

— Alejo Carpentier

#about #accepted #already #being #century

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

#bit #cuban #even #feel #great

Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#copying #cuban #dancing #distinctive #emphasis

The Cuban people have an amazingly strong and unbroken spirit. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#cuban #cuban people #people #spirit #strong

You know what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars. ↗

— Jamie Farr

#beautiful #beautiful city #cigars #city #cuban

Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent. ↗

— Alejo Carpentier

#always #continent #cuban #daily #european

There was no testimony of conspiracy - Oswald's efforts to get in touch with the Soviets and with the Cuban Fair Play groups in New York were rebuffed, rebuffed at every step. ↗

— John Sherman Cooper

#cuban #efforts #every #every step #fair