Sara nieves quintero biography

Interviewed by Juan Sotomayor. Transcribed and edited by William Cumpiano

I was born in Corozal on the 18th of April, 1931.

I began playing the cuatro at the age of eight.  I picked the cuatro because since my daddy played the cuatro, I was always taking it out and playing it and I liked its sound.  Simply put, I liked the sound, and I watched my daddy playing and it would inspire me.

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But I ended up playing it on my own.  I never had a teacher. No, I always created my own arrangements.  I did everything on my own.

This has been cost me a lot of toil.  The process (of learning); yes, imagine.  In those times you had to show that you were good.  Yes,... I experienced certain disappointments, but it was made up for later on.  When I began to get to known and they found what I could do on the instrument ...

I became, thanks to God, what I am today.     

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