My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that’s the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It’s helped me a lot with my career. Jon Secada Read Quote
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. Jon Secada Read Quote
And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background. Jon Secada Read Quote
There’s always something about the Tonight Show that makes me a little bit anxious, nervous, excited. But it’s good. It’s good. It’s been real good for me. It always has helped my career and Jay and all the people here have always been great. Jon Secada Read Quote
For me, I can only do that from my own experience with people I’ve known and things that I’ve lived and experienced. That’s what good pop music is all about, pop music that does reach out to people. It’s very personalized and very real, honest and sincere. Jon Secada Read Quote
If you write songs and if you write music that’s very sincere and very honest, it’s pop music, but it is pop music with a lot of honesty and a lot of heart. Jon Secada Read Quote
I just lived it and did my own thing without looking over my shoulder. I think I’m very lucky, considering when I started everything, and the fact that I have a masters in music, and I’ve always worked in music, and that’s what I wanted to do. Jon Secada Read Quote
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. Jon Secada Read Quote
