Jon Secada Quotes

A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really good strong music set.
Jon Secada

Music, Good, Strong

And for me, it's been, not only where I learned, but the people that I met there. Most of the people that I work with are guys that, one way or another, have been associated with the university.
Jon Secada

Work, Learned, Another

And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.
Jon Secada

Music, Education, Career

For me, I can only do that from my own experience with people I've known and things that I've lived and experienced. That's what good pop music is all about, pop music that does reach out to people. It's very personalized and very real, honest and sincere.
Jon Secada

Music, Good, Experience

For me, there's still a lot of room to grow; I'm just happy that I have so much more to give.
Jon Secada

Happy, Give, Grow

Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I've known for years are all in the industry together.
Jon Secada

Graduation, Together, College

I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages.
Jon Secada

Done, While, Both

I grew up speaking both languages, and for me that's really important.
Jon Secada

Important, Both, Speaking

I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.
Jon Secada

Jazz, Bachelor, Master

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.
Jon Secada

Music, Everything, Wanted

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

American, Might, Cuban

I started in high school to be interested in music and from there, I decided to study in college. Yeah, you're right, I did start late, but luckily, because of my schooling, I picked up a lot of ground pretty quick.
Jon Secada

Music, School, Pretty

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 is being cut more and more and more.
Jon Secada

Music, Education, Time

I'm a big believer in education, period.
Jon Secada

Education, Big, Period

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, too.
Jon Secada

Love, Beautiful, Live

If you write songs and if you write music that's very sincere and very honest, it's pop music, but it is pop music with a lot of honesty and a lot of heart.
Jon Secada

Music, Heart, Honesty

It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense.
Jon Secada

Great, Wedding, Pretty

My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career.
Jon Secada

Great, Career, Reason

My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up.
Jon Secada

Style, Sound, Close

Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder.
Jon Secada

Thought, Wonder, Oh

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, and it worked out really well for me.
Jon Secada

Making, Sure, Though

There's always something about the Tonight Show that makes me a little bit anxious, nervous, excited. But it's good. It's good. It's been real good for me. It always has helped my career and Jay and all the people here have always been great.
Jon Secada

Good, Great, Real

There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that.
Jon Secada

Time, Off, Song

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 influences during my live show.
Jon Secada

Love, Live, Fire

Well, I always wanted to be educated and be prepared.
Jon Secada

Wanted, Educated, Prepared

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Nationality: Cuban

Born: October 4, 1962

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