Celia Cruz Quotes

Celia Cruz And Friends: A Night Of Salsa,
~ Celia Cruz

I always clean before the cleaning lady comes. If not, when I come home, I can’t find anything. Cleaning ladies are always hiding things you leave out.
~ Celia Cruz

I love living on that stage. Without that, I’d die.
~ Celia Cruz

I wanted to be a mother, a teacher and a housewife. But when I began to sing with La Sonora Matancera, I thought, this is my chance, and I’m going to do it
~ Celia Cruz

If I don’t work, I’ll be sitting on the couch watching TV, eating popcorn and getting like a cow.
~ Celia Cruz

If I had a chance I wouldn’t have been singing and dancing.
~ Celia Cruz

Singing is my life. It has always been my life. It will always be my life.
~ Celia Cruz

We had Celia Cruz one year and she did pretty well. Next year, we did La India, and she did pretty well. The third time, we did them together and the audience went through the roof.
~ Celia Cruz

You would give up your career if you lost your voice for good, or if the impresarios stopped calling, or the audiences stopped coming. But as long as those things are there, I don’t plan to stop. There is nothing that makes me feel better than to be with my public.
~ Celia Cruz