Quotes About Culture

There's a particular style that is very Peru that you don't see anywhere else; it's got so many different imprints. When you mix Incan minimalism with the heavy, ornate Spanish Baroque, it is very interesting.

I would love to do film in Spanish.

I admire a lot of Spanish filmmakers and actors. I grew up watching a lot of Spanish films and novellas, and there's just so much talent out there.

I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.

I speak some French, Spanish, a little German and Gaelic.

People always ask me: 'Do you have black in you? Do you have Spanish in you?'

My grandparents don't really listen to pop music, and they only speak Spanish and only listen to Spanish music.

When I was in Mexico and started to dream in Spanish, I knew that was a good sign that I was learning the language. It was cool.

I grew up with a strong Spanish influence. I tried to learn flamenco when I was younger. But it's like my teacher said: 'It takes a lifetime to learn flamenco.'

I've always loved Spanish. I love my father's Spanish records.

The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.

The telling room is, in Spanish, known as 'el contador.'

I played the Spanish guitar for eight years, like flamenco.

If you're making music for the U.S. Latin fan, it's important that you sing in Spanish. Even going too bilingual can backfire.

I'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company.

I grew up having two different perspectives - one in English, one in Spanish. Two different cultures, very different - but I think that, to me, it's one. I'm just as American as I feel Latin.

The way I think or sing about something is very different if it is in Spanish or English.

I'm part Filipino, part Japanese, part Chinese, part Malaysian, and part Spanish, and all those people, they love their karaoke. So whenever my family got together, we'd all karaoke.

I like a lot of Spanish language writers. I really love Javier Marias.

I'm trying to work on my Spanish.

The fact is I do feel very Spanish, like when I'm talking to my wife and daughter in Spanish at two in the afternoon. I even think in Spanish when I get angry!

When I'm home, my family makes Mexican food, and we listen to a lot of Spanish music together. We love dancing to it.

The Spanish love their paella, and they love their jamon. And they love their football.

I didn't grow up listening to musicals. I sang coritos or Spanish spiritual songs and was raised on gospel singer Kirk Franklin.