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"When people hear me sing…I want them to be happy, happy, happy. I dont want them thinking about when theres not any money, or when theres fighting at home. My message is always felicidad - happiness."
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Celia Cruz
Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso, known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname La Guarachera de Cuba. In the following decades, she became known internationally as the "Queen of Salsa" due to her contributions to Latin music. She had sold over 30 million rec
"When people hear me sing…I want them to be happy, happy, happy. I dont want them thinking about when theres not any money, or when theres fighting at home. My message is always felicidad - happiness."
"Everybody looks at Celia Cruz and thinks, she is very happy…But I dont have a mother, a father, I dont have a country - I only have Pedro."
"I was having dinner at a restaurant in Miami, and when the waiter offered me coffee, he asked me if I took it with or without sugar…I said, ‘Chico, you’re Cuban. How can you even ask that? With sugar!’"
"Women are afraid to sing salsa…I dont know why; maybe they think its for men. I am not a composer, or a soneo, a singer and a poet, which is very difficult. But I think everybody can sing everything."