![[I would like to be] one of [the first pop singers to perform in a free Cuba]. I know the list is huge. And it would be hard to pull off -- I'd have a lump as big as a tostone [fried green plantain] in my throat. But oh my God, what a dream -- it would be the height of my personal and professional career.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-would-like-to-be-one-of-the-first-pop-singers-to-perform-in-a-free-cuba-i.jpg)
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