Best 14 quotes of Jon Secada on MyQuotes

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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'm a big believer in education, period.

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

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.

I write in English first, and then I translate to Spanish. I've always felt more comfortable with the English side of things first.

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.