Kirstin Maldonado Quotes

I took Latin and Spanish. I can speak a very small amount of Spanish, but Latin has sort of gone away! Unless I was joining the Catholic Church, there would be no need to learn Latin.

I like to listen to French radio; I'm trying to learn French.

I learned how to speak English watching television.

I understand Spanish better than I speak it.

A person can do a lot of reading and research as I have done. I went to Spain and spent a whole summer there with my family, immersing myself in the culture. But all that isn't really necessary to experience the music.

French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me.

I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.

I would absolutely be down to do something in Spanish.

When I'm studying English I love to watch 'Friends' or 'Nikita.'

I want to speak Spanish fluently; that's on my bucket list.

I have a few close friends with whom I can practice speaking Italian, but I mostly maintain fluency through reading.

I worked at a job where 90 percent of my coworkers were Spanish-speaking, and some of them were only Spanish-speaking. My rule was if someone came into the office needing something - I worked in HR at the time - they had to bring a Spanish word to teach me. That was the deal.

My French is terrible, and my Spanish is even worse. I find Spanish really difficult. They speak so quickly, whereas in German, it's very clear what they're saying. It's easier to repeat.

I speak Vietnamese and conversational Spanish.

Now that I'm older, I appreciate my culture and I appreciate Spanish. I feel bad I didn't pick up on it earlier.

Free - I miss that band, but when I look back, we were very young.

If you can speak Spanish, then you can have a stronger connection with the residents of Los Angeles.

I'm bilingual. I speak English and Spanish.

The Beatles are the 'on switch' to my life.

All the best songs have an element of sadness.

She wanted to hold foreign syllables like mints on her tongue until they dissolved into fluency.

I don't miss it. I'm glad it happened, but I don't miss it.

When I'm cynical, I seek out bands that are fully participating and trying to push something forward. Or I can just start playing music again - which is happening with a new project. But I think it's always a challenge to overcome cynicism and not get bogged down by a sense of nostalgia. That can be such a stifling feeling.

I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.

The memories which come to us through music are not accompanied by any regrets; for a moment music gives us back the pleasures it retraces, and we feel them again rather than recollect them.