"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."

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"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."

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

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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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"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."

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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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"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."

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

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