I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American.

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.

I'm a big believer in education, period.

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.

It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense.

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.

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

I write in English first, and then I translate to Spanish. I've always felt more comfortable with the English side of things first.

So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me.

Even before I became a recording artist, I did other things in music. I was a teacher, I did studio work, and I was an arranger and a producer.

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.

No declaration changes the existence of God

For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.

My fingers running through her hair, she forgets all her problems.- Let's Get Lost

My golf is getting better all the time. Today I parred all but sixteen holes.

I like to take inspiration from people who do things that I could never do.

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.

He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.

Pursue success, long after any sane person would have given up.

When did ignorance become a point of view?

My mantra is "I don't want to let anybody down." Maybe that's not the right attitude, because you can't please everybody. But I'm giving it everything I've got.