Mambo Quotes

America may not realize it yet, but Latin prototypes are being created right now, and not just by me. They are these mambo kings and salsa queens, Aztec lords and Inca princesses, every Hernandez and Fernandez, whom this country will one day come to understand and respect. (John Leguizamo)
We wanted to show the influence Cuban music has had on musicians from all over, so we invited 25 of the top Latin musicians in the world, and it was a great honor they paid me. Some of them are actually inventors, like Cachao, the Cuban bassist credited with creating mambo. View quote
Gloria Estefan
Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me. View quote
Arne Glimcher
My little boy loves mambo, and my daughter, besides Justin Bieber, likes bachata - in our house, we're always singing. View quote
Thalia
I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just to understand directions from my director. View quote
Antonio Banderas