I just lived it and did my own thing without looking over my shoulder. I think I'm very lucky, considering when I started everything, and the fact that I have a masters in music, and I've always worked in music, and that's what I wanted to do.
I write in English first, and then I translate to Spanish. I've always felt more comfortable with the English side of things first. - Jon Secada
I write in English first, and then I translate to Spanish. I've always felt more comfortable with the English side of things first.
- Jon Secada
I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American. - Jon Secada
I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American.
If there was any other place I would live, other than Miami, it would be California. It's beautiful. The weather is just gorgeous, I love being here,… - Jon Secada
If there was any other place I would live, other than Miami, it would be California. It's beautiful. The weather is just gorgeous, I love being here,…
Even before I became a recording artist, I did other things in music. I was a teacher, I did studio work, and I was an arranger and a producer. - Jon Secada
Even before I became a recording artist, I did other things in music. I was a teacher, I did studio work, and I was an arranger and a producer.
I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding … - Jon Secada
I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding …
This record has a lot of influences that I'd love to cover, like Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire. Maybe I'll do some covers of my major influenc… - Jon Secada
This record has a lot of influences that I'd love to cover, like Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire. Maybe I'll do some covers of my major influenc…
So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well… - Jon Secada
So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well…
It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense. - Jon Secada
It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense.
I'm a big believer in education, period. - Jon Secada
I'm a big believer in education, period.
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