April 1, 2015

Jennifer Lopez: "There will never be another Selena"

Eighteen years after she shot to fame after playing on the big screen Selena, Jennifer Lopez explained the reasons for which the Texas singer is impossible to replace.
"The way it unfolded in the industry, the way she wore her life, her humor, her spirit of love in which he made and his family feeling. That is the tragedy of what happened and why she left a mark, because he went too soon, "said Bronx Diva in an interview with Billboard.


Lopez said he learned something very valuable to the figure of Selena. "I felt that she had the feeling of living in the moment, as if he had the promise of a future. For me that was a great lesson, "said

JLo also recalled the emotional concert recreated as part of the film in which he played the young.

"It was a real concert, attended by 30,000 to 40,000 people, only for her, for that scene, to recreate. Then her mother came and hugged me, held me and cried. It was very exciting.

It affected his family very much. For me, as an actress, at that time I learned how to really become an artist and give everything for the audience. It was a powerful moment, "he acknowledged.

The Nuyorican superstar also spoke of the few cases of Latinos who have touched the large-scale success in music in the 20 years since the departure of Selena.

"It has always bothered me that people think there will be a 'next Selena'.

That's like thinking that another James Dean Marilyn Monroe or another. Such people do not come every day. There will never be another Selena "he said.

Selena Quintanilla
"As for the music, that's the beauty of art. Someone will come to move the world in a different way. Was Celia Cruz, Gloria Estefan is. I'm still here.


Marc Anthony is an iconic Latin artist, Ricky Martin. But it is not something that happens all the time. Selena was so special. So 20 years later, here we are talking about it, "he's also a judge on American Idol (FOX).

These days that reminds the ill-fated star of Tejano music, other celebrities like ThalĂ­a also expressed his admiration for the singer killed in 1995.