Jon Secada
Jon Secada
Jon Secadais a Cuban American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion. Secada also has worked as a songwriter for Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Mandy Moore and other performers...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth4 October 1962
CountryCuba
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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.
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Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder.
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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.
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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.
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That's where I recorded the first album. All the people I work with are out of Miami. The whole chemistry and atmosphere there has worked for me.
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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.
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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.
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I write in English first, and then I translate to Spanish. I've always felt more comfortable with the English side of things first.
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I'm a big believer in education, period.
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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.
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I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American.
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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.
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It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense.
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I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.