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To our brothers in Latin America and the world, we must convey that the Cuban people will overcome.

For centuries, Cuba's greatest resource has been its people.

With all of the people in Cuba who I met - many of them hugely heroic figures - I found learning about their complexity and richness and contradictions just really fascinating, and it was fulfilling to be able to offer a different side to them, to be able to have some kind of unique takeaway from the official narrative.

Cubanas are very strong women. So don't mess with us - don't take us for granted!

The Cuban people still live in constant fear of a brutal totalitarian regime that has demonstrated time and again its utter disregard for basic human dignity. The fight for a free Cuba has gone on for far too long.

People in Cuba are victims.

The roots of Cuban music are in my head.

I'm certainly proud to be Cuban American, and it's a fantastic opportunity for anybody - regardless of their ethnicity or nationality. It does carry a measure or pride to know where you're from and to know what your roots are.

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.

I've been to Cuba many times.