Congas Quotes

• For the rest of my life, the one song that people will remember -- regardless -- is "Conga" . . . I never get tired of singing it. It never gets old for me.

  Gloria Estefan

  Song, Tired, People

  "iTunes Originals: Gloria Estefan". iTunes Interview, itunes.apple.com. June 6, 2007.

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• The basic success of the conga came from ...that basic principle of African music and dance: everybody participates. The conga eradicated the distinction between performer and audience, broke down the wall of the proscenium.

  Ned Sublette

  Wall, Principles, African Music

  Ned Sublette (2007). “Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo”, p.409, Chicago Review Press

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• I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something.

  Tommy Bolin

  Pensar, Guitarra, Tocar

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• The shortest distance between two idiots is a conga line.

  Demetri Martin

  Distance, Two, Lines

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• Unseen University was much bigger on the inside. Thousands of years as the leading establishment of practical magic in a world where dimensions were largely a matter of chance in any case had left it bulging in places where it shouldn't have places. There were rooms containing rooms which, if you entered them, turned out to contain the room you'd started with, which can be a problem if you are in a conga line.

  Terry Pratchett

  Years, Magic, Unseen

  "The Last Continent: A Discworld Novel".

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• My Conga people [fans] will find me anywhere I go.

  Gloria Estefan

  People, Fans, Find Me

  Comment at Zo's Summer Groove benefit concert, Miami, July 15, 2006.

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• There was always music in our home. My mom and my dad loved music. I remember when we were kids we would have these great parties at the house with congas and bongos and African drums, and it was amazing. It wasn't until years later that I found out that they were actually Black Panther meetings.

  Queen Latifah

  Mom, Dad, Party

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• Cuando estemos a la altura de nuestra Constitución, formemos una fila de conga alrededor del Capitolio y hagamos puenting desde la cúpula.

  Paula Poundstone

  Lines, Domes, Constitution

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• When I went to do "Carson" that night, they wanted us to do two songs, but we were a brand new band. "Conga" hadn't even hit the top 10 yet. They go, "Do you think you could do something that people know, because we want you to do a second song, but not two originals, because we don't want to lose the audience, just in case."

  Gloria Estefan

  Song, Night, Thinking

  "Singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan". The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. October 1, 2013.

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• Empecé solo, pero a mediados de los 60 me convertí en un trío: una conga y otro guitarrista. Y así he trabajado la mayor parte del tiempo.

  Richie Havens

  Trios, Havens, Guitarist

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• As a fan, I'm distraught, but as a cartoonist looking at new vacant spaces in 2400 newspapers, well, behind me, my cats are dancing a conga line.

  Scott Adams

  Divertido, Humor, Gato

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• Ahora he visto playas de sacarosa y agua de un azul muy brillante. He visto un traje rojo con solapas acampanadas. He olido loción bronceadora esparcida sobre 2.100 libras de carne caliente. Me han llamado "Mon" en tres países distintos. He visto a 500 estadounidenses de lujo bailar el Electric Slide. He visto puestas de sol que parecían mejoradas por ordenador. Me he unido (muy brevemente) a una conga.

  David Foster Wallace

  Beach, Sunset, Blue

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• I think people who basically do one thing like Eric Clapton is great. But I've always enjoyed playing different kinds of music and playing with different kinds of musicians because I find that really interesting, like learning and working with Kip Hanrahan. There's a great conga player called Milton Cardona and he taught me a lot of the nuances, he's a Santeria Priest and so he knows his onions as it were.

  Jack Bruce

  Player, Thinking, People

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• Creo que Ross Noble es la única persona a la que he visto realmente asaltar un espacio de stand-up en un festival, y fue cuando dirigió a 3.000 personas en una conga fuera de la carpa y a través de todo el recinto hasta un camión de comida vegetariana.

  Marcus Brigstocke

  Pensamiento, Gente, Tormenta

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• Chano Pozo created the role of the conga soloist in the modern band, somewhat th way Coleman Hawkins created the solo tenor sax.

  Ned Sublette

  Roles, Band, Way

  Ned Sublette (2004). “Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo”, p.537, Chicago Review Press

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• La naturaleza se parece más a un balancín que a un cristal, una conga interminable de movimientos y correcciones audaces.

  Diane Ackerman

  Moving, Lines, Crystals

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