Celia Cruz quotes

When people hear me sing, I want them to be happy, happy, happy. I don't want them thinking about when there's not any money, or when there's fighting at home. My message is always felicidad - happiness. (Celia Cruz)
Singing is my life. It has always been my life. It will always be my life. View quote
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I love living on that stage. Without that, Id die. View quote
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If I don't work, I'll be sitting on the couch watching TV, eating popcorn and getting like a cow. View quote
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You would give up your career if you lost your voice for good, or if the impresarios stopped calling, or the audiences stopped coming. But as long as those things are there, I don't plan to stop. There is nothing that makes me feel better than to be with my public. View quote
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I always clean before the cleaning lady comes. If not, when I come home, I can't find anything. Cleaning ladies are always hiding things you leave out. View quote
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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!' View quote
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I never talk about age, but I was born singing. My mother, Catalina, told me that at 9 or 10 months of age I'd wake up in the middle of the night, 2 or 3 in the morning, singing "esta muchachita va a trabajar de noche." View quote
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Women are afraid to sing salsa...I don't know why; maybe they think it's 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. View quote
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Everybody looks at Celia Cruz and thinks, she is very happy...But I don't have a mother, a father, I don't have a country - I only have Pedro. View quote
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