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Jon Secada

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

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"I was exposed to jazz early on."

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"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."

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"All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues."

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"I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey."

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"If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been."

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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 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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"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'm a big believer in education, period."
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"My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career."
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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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"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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"I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages."
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"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."
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"With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention."
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