Compay Segundo
Compay Segundo
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth18 November 1907
CountryCuba
forget people remember roots
I tell young people that they should always remember traditional music. You can't forget about it. You can't forget your roots and that's what I do.
accompany covered people playing quartet rectify spain time
One time in Spain I was playing and a trumpeter got up to accompany my quartet and people covered their ears. They better rectify that.
men animal suffering
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.
roots cuban cuban-music
The roots of Cuban music are in my head.
song stars years
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.
singing singers able
Every time I talk about this, I say: when the singer is singing, he must be respected, you must be able to hear what he's saying. You can't put a trombone and a drum up there, and a microphone on the drum, microphones on everybody. You can't hear what he's saying.
appreciate cuban frantic
Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.
half talent wonderful
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.
bored desire too-much
As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more and you won't get bored.
order moderation grows
In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.
heart long beats
As long as your heart beats, one is never too old.
philosophy should-have should
Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.
strong grandmother waiting
I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100 and ask for an extension, just like my grandmother did.
daddy cuba musician
When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba.