1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: When you get aged, you have to be more. 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 2: Maybe you can talk a little bit or move your 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 2: eyes and. 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: Be coquetta not coquetta. I don't know how to explain. 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 3: So I guess maybe it would be not so outwardly slutty, 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 3: but a little bit more sensual and coy. 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of tricks. 8 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 3: From futuro media. It's left you know Usa. I'm Maria 9 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:53,599 Speaker 3: no Josa today, a conversation with legendary Mexican Rockerra Alexandra Guzba. 10 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 3: Alejandra Guzman is often called Larena del roc the Queen 11 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 3: of Latin American rolled. She made her debut in nineteen 12 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 3: eighty eight, when she was only twenty years old. Her 13 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 3: career has spanned three decades and she's released more than 14 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 3: twenty albums. Maybe not a complete surprise, since Alexandra comes 15 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 3: from a star studied Mexico City based family. Her father 16 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 3: is Enrique Guzmann, the iconic sixties roquerro. Her mother actress 17 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 3: Sylvia Pinal, who was a star during the golden age 18 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 3: of Mexican cinema. They introduced little Alejandra to the stage 19 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 3: when she was just two months old back on their 20 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 3: TV show called Silvia e. 21 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 4: Enrique Amigos les Presento Alexandra man. 22 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 3: Alexandra has always been close to the limelight, but it's 23 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 3: her unapologetic brashness and her open sexuality that's earned her 24 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 3: a special place in the hearts of rocqueros across Latin America. 25 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 3: Over her years in the studio and touring the world, 26 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 3: Alejandra has juggled music and motherhood, battled illness, and confronted 27 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 3: a culture that hasn't always been kind to women who 28 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 3: own their sexuality. Now in her fifties, Alejandra is still 29 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 3: performing and collaborating with younger musicians. She spoke with me 30 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 3: about her career and what the rock and roll lifestyle 31 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 3: looks like with hip replacements. Alejandra Usman Ya Mini. That welcome. 32 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for speaking with us on Latino USA. 33 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 3: It's quite special to have the Alejandra Guzman on our show. 34 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: Thank you. I am really really honored to be here. 35 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 3: So, Alejandra, if you were to describe yourself to someone 36 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 3: who's been living under a rock in Mexico and in 37 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 3: the United States for the last you know, thirty years, yes, okay, 38 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 3: thirty one years ex act. Also, how would you describe 39 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 3: who you are. 40 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 2: Well, I am a deep voice, intensive performer. I like 41 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 2: to dance. I come from two big artists. My father 42 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 2: is a singer and Brique Guzmann, and my mother is 43 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 2: an actress, a movie actress, Sylvia Pinell. I've always wanted 44 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 2: to be a rock star, an artist. I didn't like 45 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 2: to act because I preferred to be myself, and I 46 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: studied theater, but first I did ballet, jazz. 47 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: Stap and a lot of dances. 48 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 3: And all of this was happening where so your dad 49 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 3: in between rock concerts, your mom in between her multiple 50 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 3: movies and TV shows. Were they the ones who were saying, 51 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 3: mamosellejndra to classic de ballet, Let's get you to ballet? 52 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 3: And was this all happening in Mexico City. 53 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, my mother was the one that always took me 54 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 2: to the ballet classes. I had aptitudes for a dancer, 55 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 2: but I am a very tiny person and I. 56 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: Had big breasts, so I knew. 57 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 2: I wasn't going to be a dancer because they don't 58 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: have anything anything in the front or the very air. 59 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 2: So I went out of my house when I was seventeen. Yeah, 60 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 2: and the producer from Spain discovered me. 61 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 3: So hold on a second, though, because you left your 62 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 3: house at seventeen in an act of rebellion. Why did 63 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 3: you leave your house and why was it somebody else 64 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 3: who was going to discover you when you had, you know, 65 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 3: like the father of Mexican rock and roll right at 66 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 3: home with you. 67 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 2: Because I was very, very rebel and I did theater 68 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 2: with my mom and I didn't like to act. So 69 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 2: then I decided not to be an actress because I 70 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: have my sisters are all actresses. 71 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: So then I run out from my house. 72 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 2: And then I did an audition and I won the audition, 73 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 2: and I went to Spain and I came back with 74 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 2: my album and I show them my album and they 75 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 2: they were shocked. 76 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: They were like, oh my god, she did it. So 77 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: I started like that. 78 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 3: In fact, that album, your very first album is called 79 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 3: Bye Mama, like goodbye Mom mom in your Gassimasa and 80 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 3: it's like, were you Estavas and Plato? Were you fighting 81 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 3: with your mom or was it you know, Mexican moms 82 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 3: and their daughters. We have this thing. 83 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean the same problem now. 84 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 2: But you know what is part of the life you 85 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 2: have to get away from your mom to be someone, 86 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 2: you have to fly away from the nest. 87 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 3: By man. 88 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 2: Love that way, That's what I think, and that's the 89 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 2: idea of the song, you know, like by Mama, I 90 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 2: have to go and do my own thing. And I 91 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 2: think it was the best to do because they are 92 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 2: two big, big stars. 93 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 3: You know, a lot of people they have this notion 94 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 3: that in Mexico, like we're all playing mariachis and rancheras 95 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 3: and boleros and that that's all the music that there is, 96 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 3: and there is like this deep love, especially in Mexico 97 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 3: City and the big cities for American and British rock 98 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 3: and roll. I mean, your dad was part of that, 99 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 3: and Diriquego's man as kind of a Mexican rock and 100 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 3: roll pioneer. It's through your dad translated these hits from 101 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 3: the United States. The Little Richard song good Golly, Miss Molly, 102 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 3: which became La Plaga, which was a super popular song 103 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 3: in Mexico in the fifties and sixties. 104 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 2: Nana No no No, And it's amazing because when I 105 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 2: sing that song, everybody jumps and start dancing and rock 106 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 2: and roll, steel rock and roll. 107 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 3: What is your analysis of why Mexicans from big cities. 108 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 3: Why is it that we love hardcore traditional rock, whether 109 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 3: it's like Elvis or the Rolling Stones. What is it 110 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 3: all about? 111 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 2: Well, I think it's part of the of what the 112 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 2: songs say. Music makes me get crazy or get euphoric. 113 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 2: But I like Mariacci as well. You know, the thing 114 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 2: is that rock in Spanish is stronger. I don't know why, 115 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 2: like the words, the way you sing it. 116 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 3: I mean the first time I saw you perform, you know, 117 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 3: my mind exploded because I think oftentimes, you know, as 118 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 3: a Mexican woman who grew up in the United States, 119 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 3: everybody thinks of Mexican women as like we're very servile 120 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 3: to our husbands and all this. But the truth is 121 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 3: is that not all, not all of us. And I 122 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 3: have the image of the adelitas, the women who are 123 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 3: fighting in the revolution. I think about de la Gruz, 124 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 3: this radical feminist nun and poet from the sixteen hundreds. 125 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: I love Free the Callo. 126 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 2: They showed the whole world who who they were, you know, 127 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 2: and we have fragility, but we have strength. As an artist, 128 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 2: I show the strength, but I show them the fragile 129 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 2: part of me, so I can sing a nice. 130 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: Ballad to my sister Saty and part of my music. 131 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: The most known are. 132 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 2: Ballads many doven and Aspect or you know me job. 133 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 2: But when I sing rock, I let myself sweat and 134 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 2: be happy and be free. 135 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: That's what I feel. 136 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 3: I loved just watching how you come and the stage, 137 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 3: how you throw your body around, how you were the 138 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 3: embodiment of rock and roll in Ncenthilo de You would 139 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 3: literally go crazy on stage, you know, jumping around. I mean, 140 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 3: what was that like when you drop your first album 141 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 3: in the late nineteen eighties. Both you and I know 142 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 3: that while Mexico is very open to powerful women because 143 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 3: we've been around since the beginning, Mexico is also a 144 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 3: country that can smother you in traditions. Yeah, so talk 145 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 3: to me a little bit about what that was like 146 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 3: in the beginning of your career, when you were navigating this. 147 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 2: I am gonna talk to you about this because when 148 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 2: I let out one single that was a se La Margonodro, 149 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 2: everybody was like, WHOA, You're crazy, how dare you're gonna 150 00:10:58,600 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 2: sing this. 151 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 3: Because it's a song that basically says I'm when you're making. 152 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 5: Love with another one, not you with another one, And 153 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 5: they were not acceptable for me, they always tuck things, 154 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 5: you know, And after one year. 155 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 2: It was a big hit, the biggest kid I've got 156 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 2: in my career. So I think I broke some stereotypes 157 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 2: and that's part of the music. 158 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: That's part of what we do. As musicians. You have 159 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: to be very you. 160 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 3: So in your biography when you talk about yourself, you 161 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 3: say that your biggest and your best role has been 162 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 3: becoming a mom and you're actually performing. You were touring 163 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 3: in your fifth month of pregnancy and you write a 164 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 3: song for your daughter. It's called this Biraba you Tva. 165 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: Raska. 166 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 3: Can you tell me a little bit about about that 167 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 3: song and about being a rock and roll performer pregnant 168 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 3: at a time when it wasn't what people were used 169 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 3: to seeing. 170 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, I wrote a letter for my son or daughter 171 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 2: because I didn't know what it was going to be. 172 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 2: And from that letter they did the song and I 173 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 2: loved it because for me, it was saying goodbye to stage. 174 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: And I was six and a. 175 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 2: Half months the last concert that I did, and uh, 176 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 2: I slided through a. 177 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: Big tunnel to get in stage. 178 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 2: The doctor told me, you can do anything you are 179 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 2: used to make exercise, so don't worry. 180 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: Not thing's gonna happen to you. 181 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 2: And when she was born, it was crazy because then 182 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 2: I had to carry with a nanny with the baby, 183 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: with everything. But I did that until Frida had to 184 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 2: go to school. Success was really overwhelming by that time, 185 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 2: so I think it helped me to touch ground again. 186 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 3: Coming up on that in USA, Alejandra Gusmann talks plastic surgery, 187 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,719 Speaker 3: aging and how applause from her fans has gotten her 188 00:13:41,720 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 3: through her toughest moments. Stay with us, Hey, we're back, 189 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 3: and before the break, we were talking to singer Alejandra 190 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 3: Husman about her legendary career and the public attention that 191 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 3: comes with it. Alejandra is now in her fifties and 192 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 3: being a rock star looks a little bit different now 193 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 3: than it did when she was younger. Her body has 194 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 3: always been a big part of her performances. Her sexuality 195 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 3: is central to her image, and she used to dance 196 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 3: and throw herself into the crowd during concerts. But a 197 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 3: decade ago, Alejandra had a plastic surgery that went wrong 198 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 3: and it almost killed her. We spoke about her recovery 199 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 3: and about how the entire experience has led Alejandra to 200 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 3: embrace her wrinkles. One of the things that also happens 201 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 3: to women, and especially when you're you know, being watched 202 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 3: by millions of people, is that we are very aware 203 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 3: of our bodies. We are very aware of how we look. 204 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 3: I'm thinking about the fact that me, mama, for example, 205 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 3: you know, you know, you can't go out without quote 206 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 3: unquote fixing your face. This is something that I was 207 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 3: learning as a little girl, right. And it turns out 208 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 3: that all of us, even famous, powerful women like you, 209 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 3: you know, we often look at our bodies and say, hmm, 210 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 3: what can I do? What can I change to look better? 211 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 3: And so you made this decision in two thousand and 212 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 3: nine to have some plastic surgery. Yes, what was your 213 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 3: thought process at that time? 214 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 2: Well, the idea was to make myself a little better, 215 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 2: you know, just to have an injection in both sides 216 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 2: of my derrier. And I thought, well, it's not bad, 217 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 2: it's not that bad. It didn't seem that bad. 218 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 3: And it was a docjection. 219 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 2: Uh huh, So it was a doctor and I said, okay, 220 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 2: let's do it. And six months later I had to 221 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 2: go back to the hospital to check myself because I 222 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 2: couldn't even walk and I had a big infection in 223 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 2: my body. I stayed on the hospital six months and 224 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 2: I had to fight for my life because I had 225 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 2: four different bacterias. So my body it's rejecting it. When 226 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 2: it rejects it, it gets swollen, it gets red, it 227 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:04,959 Speaker 2: gets it hurts a lot. Your immune system goes away, 228 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 2: you feel down, you don't have energy, and I have 229 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 2: to be very aware of this every day. 230 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 3: So one of the things that you said after coming 231 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 3: out of the hospital, you said in Spanish, oh, yap 232 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 3: indiac with amass personac with a miquerbo scuchadlo pro paciencia, 233 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 3: which basically means you came out and you learned how 234 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,479 Speaker 3: to take care of your body and listen to your body, 235 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 3: and you talk about the importance of learning patience. I'm 236 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 3: wondering what do you mean by patience, because you know, 237 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 3: both you and I are not spring chickens, right, so 238 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 3: we're I know, we're trying to think about, like, you know, 239 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 3: how life is moving on, and I'm thinking about the 240 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 3: fact that you're like, I want patience at this time 241 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 3: while you're a patient in the hospital. 242 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 2: The thing is that en espanola in Spanish say I'm 243 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 2: a paciente because you have to have patience. 244 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: You are the one that has to have patience. 245 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: But each of us has the power to recover. So 246 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 2: you have to fight, and you have to talk to 247 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 2: your body. You have to talk to yourselves because the medicine. 248 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 2: The doctor gave you the medicine, but you are the 249 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 2: one that heals or not. So you know, after all 250 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 2: these now I love myself more. I see my scars 251 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 2: and I say, well, they are part of your fight 252 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 2: in life. So now I love myself more, even that 253 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 2: I don't have any as. 254 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: What about that? 255 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 3: I mean, you know, you just got to do a 256 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 3: lot of squats if you want a big buttony. You 257 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 3: know that. 258 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, but this is not a squad problem. The thing 259 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 2: is that I have two hip replacements too, and I 260 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 2: did because I never warmed up and they work better 261 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 2: than the real ones. But anyway, I have to take care. 262 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 2: So now I just take care of me. I don't 263 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 2: go party, I stop drinking. I mean, I change a 264 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 2: lot of things in my life. So I'm wondering about 265 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 2: your song so as it's a song about self love 266 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 2: and empowerment, but you know, I'm thinking about all of 267 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 2: the changes that you've made now you know, you stop drinking. 268 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 3: You're not the partier. So when you say, soya ce, 269 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,679 Speaker 3: what are you saying about? Soya See? This is who 270 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 3: I am. This is how I am. 271 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 2: Soya Se talks about when you read things of yourself 272 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 2: on the Instagram or whatever, No, if you know who 273 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 2: you are, it's gonna be better, you know, to keep 274 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:59,239 Speaker 2: on believing in yourself than reading all these comments that 275 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 2: are gonna make you crazy. 276 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: Fun O me there. 277 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 2: So so yeah, see it's like this is me and 278 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 2: this is me, and that's the way I am, and 279 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 2: I accept myself even that somebody doesn't like it, that 280 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 2: it's okay. 281 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 5: You know. 282 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: It's like a message. 283 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:36,640 Speaker 2: For all these people that are in the other part 284 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 2: of the computer. 285 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 3: You know, Mexicans we talk a lot about La mote 286 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 3: is everywhere. La Katrina is this iconic symbol representing death 287 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 3: in Mexico, and you came close to death. Can you 288 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 3: tell me what that conversation was like with La Katrina? 289 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 3: I really never wanted to listen to her. 290 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 2: Nah, that was not my time to die, and I 291 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 2: knew it, and everybody thought I was gonna die, But 292 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 2: ah ma, I think I got great things in life. 293 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 1: Like music, like all these fans. 294 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 2: And when when I told my father that I wanted 295 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 2: to die, I called him and he was singing in 296 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 2: a big auditorium, so he was like, okay, just a moment, 297 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 2: and he put the people and the people. 298 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: Was like shouting, Alexandra, yea the applause. That sound. 299 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 2: That's the best drug I've ever had. And I didn't 300 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 2: sleep that night. All night long. I was like full 301 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 2: of emotion. That healed me. I swear to God because 302 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,639 Speaker 2: I was yet tienda LaToya. You know, I was like 303 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 2: sick of it. Six months in the hospital. It's crazy, 304 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 2: you get crazy. 305 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 3: So Alejandra, I want to ask you a little bit 306 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 3: about your body is gorgeous, I mean, it's preciosa, But 307 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 3: how are you processing being older as a sexual object 308 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 3: as well? Well? 309 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 2: I think that there's a lot of ways to be sexy, 310 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:42,160 Speaker 2: but everything is changing. So the way I feel comfortable 311 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 2: is not showing everything, you know, at least getting something 312 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 2: for the imagination, and not losing my exercise and trying 313 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,360 Speaker 2: not to jump on stage or jump into the public. 314 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 2: I used to do that, but I can't now because 315 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,239 Speaker 2: of my hit. So I have to take care. But 316 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 2: I love to perform and don't care. The thing is 317 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 2: that I want to grow up and leave a little 318 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 2: bit of wrinkles because I want to wear them proudly. 319 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 2: I think it's the moment to accept that you know 320 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: and to really enjoy it, because each moment it's got 321 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 2: its own brightness. 322 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: If you know how to worry. 323 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 3: When Alejandra, you know, your latest album La Gusman Live 324 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 3: at the Roxy, is like, really, it's just so wonderful. 325 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 3: And you've got these really great covers of Mana of 326 00:23:51,560 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 3: caifanisdub So that, stadeo, Ah, Charlie Garcia. I mean, these 327 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 3: are top names. How did you pick the bands that 328 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 3: you wanted to cover. 329 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 2: I'm a big fan of them, so I picked these 330 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 2: big bands that I love, and I didn't need any 331 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 2: time for anything because I knew already the songs. So 332 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 2: I came, I rehearsed in one week and we did it. 333 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 3: Oh because their covers, you just had been singing them 334 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 3: your whole life is basically. 335 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I knew them, and when I sing them, I 336 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 2: forget about Alexandra Gu's man. 337 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 3: You have always said that you will always be a Roqueta, 338 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 3: and I'm wondering, what do you say to the young 339 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 3: as mexicanas latinas Latino americanas. What do you say to 340 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 3: the young Roquetras who want to follow in your footsteps? 341 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:15,199 Speaker 2: To do it, to go for it, think about what 342 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 2: you want to say to the world. 343 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 1: And I'm believing you. 344 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 2: Sometimes you have to knock doors and they're gonna shut 345 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 2: it in your nose. But there's a lot of doors 346 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 2: to go, you know, and try and try, because as 347 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 2: you said, my mother and my father are famous, but 348 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 2: I had to go and find an audition and work it. 349 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,719 Speaker 2: And here I am so believe in you, and I 350 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 2: think that's the most important thing to do. And there's 351 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:51,959 Speaker 2: always a flame that you can see in your eyes. 352 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,439 Speaker 2: That's the flame of your heart. So never forget about that. 353 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 2: There's a flame and you have to keep it burning. 354 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 3: Baby, Ariandre husband, thank you for keeping it burning. Thank 355 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 3: you for everything that you've done, and for joining me 356 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 3: on Latino USA. 357 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 4: Thank you La mira, la mira, la josas sali sal 358 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 4: your so plan cochemeno azuelo this salo mirallo, merallo me rallo, 359 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 4: your listen, so labore. 360 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 3: This episode was produced by Alissa Scarce and Ginni Montalbo. 361 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 3: With help from Julia ness s Parsa, who was edited 362 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 3: by Sophia Palisaka. 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