Compay Segundo
Compay Segundo
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth18 November 1907
CountryCuba
strong shapes living-my-life
I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life.
singing graves
I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave.
simple stills ifs
I am still simple, just as if I were beginning.
mistake sleep night
I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day. I evaluate things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes.
rocks europe grandparent
Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon.
dedication years loving-what-you-do
My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.
accompany covered people playing quartet rectify spain time
One time in Spain I was playing and a trumpeter got up to accompany my quartet and people covered their ears. They better rectify that.
forget people remember roots
I tell young people that they should always remember traditional music. You can't forget about it. You can't forget your roots and that's what I do.
When you here a conjunto and you hear another conjunto, you think it's like a continuation of the first. It's all the same, same, same. There's no variety, just the same music.
music
I play music the way it was played in yesteryear.
people
Because people are very interested in my poetry, in what I say.