URubén González: Bendi ngekho eJapan ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1950 xa ndandingumdlali wepiyano ku-Enrique Jorrín, nowayila i-cha-cha. Elo yayilixesha lokugqibela umculo waseCuba udumile kwihlabathi liphela, ngaphambi kwenguquko. Ndiyayithanda loo massage yaseJapan- shiatsu, bayabiza, muy bueno. Kodwa ukuba undwendwela, mhlawumbi kuya kufuneka uziphathele iimela kunye neefolokhwe- ezinye zeendawo zokutyela azibonakali ngathi zinayo.

Omara Portuondo: Sahlala kwihotele yamanye amazwe ebizwa ngokuba yi-Akasaka Palace. Oko kwakulungile kuba wonke umntu-nditsho nabaqhubi beeteksi abathetha isiJapan kuphela -babevile ngako oko kwaye bangakusa khona. Ngexesha lokhenketho lwethu eJapan, sadlala iiholo ezihlala abantu abamalunga ne-10 000, njengeHolo yeForam yaseTokyo yeHlabathi. Yonke imiboniso yethu esithoba ithengisiwe. Okumangalisa kukuba, amaJapan ngabalandeli bethu abazinikeleyo; bayawuthanda umculo wesiLatin.

U-Ibrahim Ferrer: Kukho amaqela okulinganisa alapha, afana neTokyo Cuban Boys kunye neOrquesta de la Luz. Bafunde iSpanish ngomnxeba, kodwa & ampos; zisalungile. Ndithenge ii-kimono ezimbalwa njengezikhumbuzo zosapho lwam. Ndicinga ukuba abahlobo abaninzi eHavana bazakufuna enye, ke kuya kufuneka ndibuye ndize ndizokufumana ezinye.
—Udliwanondlebe noPeter Culshaw