Mexican legend Pepe Aguilar does an icon q&a with Billboard’s Chief Content Officer of Latin Music and Billboard Español, Leila Cobo at Billboard’s Latin Music Week 2024.
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00:00I love it, and I told Cristian at the time, I told him that you, before you got married,
00:05I mean, if you got to be together, who else is there like you two in Spanish music?
00:13So, yes, it's cool, it's new things, it doesn't stop surprising me,
00:18Cristian, the truth, for good, it has been one thing and another, and another, and another,
00:23of beautiful things that show and denote the affection that my daughter has.
00:28I would like to see that dad is not happy when he loves his children.
00:40Pepe, welcome to Billboard.
00:42Thank you very much, Leyla.
00:43Welcome to Latin Music Week, and also, tomorrow you are going to receive the Hall of Fame.
00:52Hall of Fame, yes.
00:55The Hall of Fame, very grateful, very happy, it's like a dream, I'm very happy.
01:03I think it's incredible, and I say this for myself, because we have given you a lot of awards
01:09throughout the years, you have won a lot of awards.
01:14I remember we gave you a special award at the Regional Mexican Music Awards,
01:19but this is our first Hall of Fame,
01:23also in a year in which you have been very busy, very active in every way.
01:30You have a sensational Jaripeo tour, you have had two number ones in the Billboard charts,
01:37which is remarkable, because it's a career of how many years, 30 years?
01:42A little over 30 years.
01:43A little over 30 years.
01:45You have your daughter and your son, Leonardo, and you have a new son-in-law.
01:51Yes, I'm a workaholic.
01:55The truth is that I really like what I do, I'm passionate about my profession,
02:01and I feel like I'm just getting started, Leila, even though it's been 30 years.
02:07It's that I get the feeling, when the song reached number one, I said,
02:11it's incredible, and I was reading the chart story, it's the first number one in several years,
02:17but in a year in which one says, what is Pepe Aguilar doing?
02:22He's doing everything, what time do you take out the time?
02:24What is your routine like?
02:26Well, just working.
02:28Sincerely, the last 20 years of my life, I have dedicated myself to training my children,
02:36to do my career, to do my shows, but 100% to prepare their careers.
02:44Really, Pepe, that took precedence over yours, do you feel that?
02:50100%, I mean, now I realize, now it's all in the past.
02:55I thought I was still doing the same thing in my career, but no, I was very focused on theirs.
03:02And now that they're grown up, that they've already made their lives,
03:06and that they're on the right track, it's like this year is the year I fully returned to what's mine.
03:14And we have a lot of new things that will happen in 2025, if God gives me life.
03:20Well, I want us to talk about the song you wrote for your son-in-law.
03:27It wasn't for my son-in-law.
03:28It wasn't for your son-in-law? Let's see, it's called Cuídamela Bien.
03:32Yes, it seems like it was dedicated to just one person, but I think it's for a moment in life.
03:41For a moment in life.
03:42Can we play a snippet?
03:44Sure.
03:45Let's hear it. Joyce, can we play it?
04:02Cuídamela bien
04:32Cuídamela bien
04:47So, this song doesn't have an owner?
04:52Well, you put a very compromising part there.
04:56No, of course, in this case it has to do with my daughter and her wedding,
05:03but it also has to do with that moment in the family of whoever it is.
05:09For me, it's something totally new, and after 20 years of being so close,
05:18in charge of your son's well-being, all of a sudden it's gone.
05:24It's like a life experience that I hadn't had to live that way,
05:29and well, what better way to express it than with music?
05:33But it's all good.
05:34I mean, of course you feel sad.
05:37Any father who has married his daughter knows how it feels,
05:41but it's a mixture of joy and sadness,
05:43because you've already fulfilled your role as a father,
05:47and now it's her turn to live her life.
05:49So, it's like a relief, but at the same time I feel like I want more.
05:55And backstage you were telling me something very nice,
05:58which was that you feel that she and her husband, Cristian Nodal,
06:02are somehow a power couple of Mexican music, and that you love that.
06:07I love it, and I told Cristian at the time,
06:10I told him, before you got married,
06:12I mean, before you got together,
06:15who else is there like you two in Spanish music?
06:20So, yes, it's cool.
06:23They're new things.
06:24It doesn't stop surprising me.
06:26Cristian, to be honest, for good,
06:28it's been one thing and another, and another, and another,
06:31of beautiful things that show and show the love that my daughter has for him.
06:37I would like to see that dad is not happy when he loves his children.
06:41Totally.
06:42Now, you are the son of a power couple of Mexican music.
06:46That's right.
06:47And you were born doing that.
06:50You got on stage, how old were you?
06:52Was it the first time, like six years, something like that?
06:54Yes, already conscious, yes, because first they took me out,
06:57without asking me, like at three,
07:00like at three years old, in Madison Square Garden.
07:04When my father was doing his tours,
07:07I was also part of the show.
07:10And Mr. Antonio, who was, I don't know if I should say,
07:14because I really don't know,
07:16but he was the first, one of the first Mexican artists
07:20to fill and play Madison Square Garden regularly, right?
07:24Yes, in fact, he was the first Mexican
07:28and one of the first Spanish-speaking singers.
07:31And yes, the first Mexican show with horses
07:35in the history of Madison Square Garden
07:37and of the United States.
07:39Now, Pepe, you have been, you told me that you dedicated yourself
07:43to the career of your children,
07:44and I know that you are very demanding with those children.
07:47Were they like that with you?
07:49I think they are getting along very well with how demanding they were.
07:54No, they, well, I think they act according to how they were educated.
08:00I am a free man, or I try to be.
08:04And one thing, when I say demanding,
08:06I don't mean it in a bad way.
08:07No.
08:08I mean that you had a standard that you wanted them to learn and do.
08:14That was the life I learned as a young man, Leila,
08:17and I believe in discipline, I believe in work,
08:21I believe in education, I believe in gratitude,
08:26I believe in the culture, I repeat, of work.
08:29And that's how I educated my children.
08:31All these values are not like the rest of the fashion right now.
08:35Right now we are in the immediacy,
08:38right now we are in the easy and fast.
08:42And the truth is, I am not like that.
08:44I believe in the work that lasts.
08:47That's how I educated them.
08:49And it's a little complicated,
08:52because if they are living in a world where those are not the rules,
08:57well, the poor have a little hard time having a crazy dad like me.
09:01In that sense, right?
09:03Well, but the poor continue in that business very well.
09:07I mean, not only did you educate them well,
09:11but you taught them to love the business.
09:14How do you learn and how do you teach that?
09:18Well, I eat, sleep, breathe, dream, show.
09:23I mean, there's nothing else I do in my life.
09:26I've never done it, nor do I plan to do anything else.
09:29So, that trade has many gaps,
09:32it has many sides, it has many details,
09:37which, the truth, is not for nothing,
09:41but I don't know another colleague,
09:44because I know hundreds or thousands of colleagues,
09:48just one who does things like me.
09:52I don't know if he does them well or badly,
09:56but I get in and I've had to get in
09:59because of my independence condition of 24 years ago.
10:03I've gotten into everything.
10:06In fact, the last cover, the one of Cuídamela Bien,
10:10I did it in my GPT chat.
10:13Really?
10:14Of course, the one of Que Lleva Tequila,
10:16I did it in artificial intelligence.
10:19I produce my albums, I write my songs,
10:23I design my shows,
10:25I do the whole concept.
10:28That's how I taught them.
10:30So, what did I expect?
10:32Now, with me, they're the same.
10:35I mean, it's not just outward, but also inward.
10:38I mean, Dad, I'm going to do this,
10:40this is my idea, this is my plan.
10:43Whether you like it or not,
10:45I mean, not with those terms,
10:47but they're living their lives
10:49according to how I educated them
10:51and what they saw,
10:52which is, well, one is independent
10:54and you have to go with everything to reach your dreams.
10:57Now, you didn't have to be independent.
11:00When I first met you and your music,
11:04you were signed with Balboa.
11:07This was years ago.
11:08And were you signed as a Balboa artist
11:10or was it just a distribution?
11:12No, I was signed exclusively
11:15and they paid me 5%, 4% of...
11:20Nothing.
11:21Nothing.
11:22And they kept the title of the albums.
11:24And there was something that, well,
11:26everyone did it like that.
11:27That was the industry back then.
11:29They weren't the only ones.
11:31But it was wrong, anyway.
11:33I mean, even if everyone did it,
11:35if you make music and someone else does it
11:37because they pay for the production,
11:39I think it's not right.
11:41Now, they didn't just pay for the production,
11:43they paid for the promotion,
11:44and they paid for a lot of other things.
11:46Even so,
11:47I think they should go back.
11:49As the laws now make,
11:51after 30 years,
11:52they go back to the title of the artists,
11:55their albums,
11:56whether they've been signed permanently or not.
11:58Because before they were signed permanently.
12:00And they also said,
12:02the contracts said,
12:05under this technology,
12:08or the one that is invented,
12:10in the solar system,
12:12or in some other systems.
12:15I mean, you were...
12:17They almost said,
12:18your children, your grandchildren, and your great-grandchildren
12:20are also signed with us.
12:23Now, this is interesting.
12:25We've talked a lot all week
12:27about these topics.
12:29Who stays with the recordings,
12:32who has the rights,
12:33to be independent,
12:34not to be independent.
12:36And there are many artists
12:37who don't have that option.
12:39Because they start,
12:41because they're not selling as much.
12:43You were,
12:45you went,
12:46and you're Pepe Aguilar.
12:47You could sign a millionaire contract
12:50if you wanted to,
12:51and you could have done it
12:53many years before
12:54when you became independent.
12:55When did you say,
12:57no, I'm going to be indie forever?
12:59Or for now?
13:30And I left.
13:31You'll say,
13:32how ungrateful,
13:33what a bad guy,
13:35why did he leave
13:36after seeing them so much?
13:38Because there's a story,
13:39there's a big context,
13:41and believe me,
13:42they made a lot of money.
13:43Every album I released
13:44sold two and a half million copies,
13:47not copies,
13:48copies too,
13:49but copies,
13:51yes, because my music is good,
13:53but that's another story.
13:55The thing is,
13:56every album I released
13:57sold more than a million copies.
13:59So they were paid in bulk.
14:02It was interesting
14:03that they changed the deal
14:05they had with me,
14:06like they do now.
14:07Now they renegotiate.
14:09Now people already negotiate,
14:11you sign,
14:12because I'm a record label too,
14:13at a certain point,
14:14although I've never done it
14:15with my record labels,
14:17but if one day I sign someone
14:18as an exclusive,
14:20then I'll return those albums to them.
14:22They're theirs.
14:23Simply because this is their business,
14:26and if I invest a certain amount
14:28in their business
14:29and I don't get it back,
14:30it's logical for them
14:31to keep my records
14:32until I get them back.
14:33That's one thing,
14:34and the other thing
14:35is how you signed.
14:36Here you are,
14:37just because you signed.
14:38Does it do you a good job or not?
14:40And that's not true.
14:42They didn't do me a good job.
14:44I thought that in front,
14:47as one sees the house in front,
14:50the grass always looks greener.
14:52At the time of the hour,
14:53you realize it wasn't so green,
14:55but you have to prove it,
14:57you have to see it.
14:58And that's what happened to me.
14:59I was with Sony,
15:00I was with EMI,
15:02I was with Univision.
15:04With EMI.
15:05I forgot you were with EMI.
15:07Yes, twice with EMI.
15:09Yes, I was with Univision,
15:11but none of the contracts
15:13were signed exclusively.
15:15I was one of the first artists
15:17to start signing licenses,
15:19and right now I'm still
15:21doing different contracts.
15:23I think that in the request
15:25there is also the giving.
15:27At that time I had to go out
15:29to shoot and shoot,
15:31but right now I have a thousand times more friends
15:33than people who don't want me in the business.
15:35And your children are signed
15:37to your label?
15:39For the moment,
15:41because they were little,
15:43we wanted to have control
15:45that things were done well
15:47in their careers,
15:49that they had a good beginning
15:51and a good structure.
15:53But their contract is made
15:55so that they can keep
15:57their records, of course.
15:59And now I want to ask you
16:01another business question
16:03before we talk about pure music.
16:05You told me that you just
16:07signed a new management,
16:09and my question for you was
16:11why an artist like you,
16:13who we know does everything,
16:15who we know that
16:17tour of Jaripeo
16:19you negotiated the deal
16:21with Live Nation,
16:23you put it together.
16:25Why do you need a manager?
16:29Because I think
16:31that just like me with the time
16:33I dedicate to my music
16:35and what I do,
16:37it is difficult for someone
16:39contemporary to win
16:41what I do for the work I do,
16:43not for how good I am.
16:45The same happens in other areas.
16:47I will never be as good
16:49a manager as my current manager.
16:51I will never be as good
16:53a manager as Jorge Juarez.
16:55Jorge dedicates himself to that.
16:57He breathes.
16:59And just like me in music,
17:01he is thinking about being a manager all day.
17:03So I think that
17:05that team is totally
17:07necessary in any
17:09moment of any artist.
17:11For me,
17:13I am still not satisfied
17:15and I still want more
17:17and I will continue
17:19giving more.
17:21It makes all the sense to have a manager.
17:23It will cost me what I have never
17:25cost a manager in my life.
17:27But it is also a thing
17:29that
17:31what is worth is worth.
17:35There is no other.
17:37So I value
17:39his work and his team
17:41and I think it is the next level in my career.
17:43Now,
17:45I want to go back to the past.
17:47Joyce, can we play
17:49Por Mujeres Como Tú?
17:51Love,
17:53there are men
17:55like me
17:57that can die.
17:59That line,
18:01how beautiful it is,
18:03Por Mujeres Como Tú,
18:05there are men like me.
18:07That song
18:09is truly
18:11I owe her so much,
18:13so much, so much, so much.
18:15It is one of the
18:17songs that I cannot
18:19stop singing.
18:21And every time I sing it,
18:23in the shows,
18:25I try to analyze
18:27and I say,
18:29what will be the
18:311,500 and so many times
18:33I sing it, 2,000 times
18:35I sing it. I don't know.
18:37But it is always a challenge.
18:39It is not an easy song.
18:41It has several moments
18:43that you have to master well.
18:45And I have been singing it
18:47since 1998 and
18:49it still doesn't come out perfect.
18:51Really? Yes, I swear.
18:53Every time I sing it,
18:55I say, this is the night
18:57and it ends.
18:59I say, not yet.
19:01You know, I looked up my reviews
19:03of when this came out and I wrote
19:05De Tu Voz de Terciopelo.
19:07Yes,
19:09they have told me so.
19:11The truth is that
19:13I don't know, I am a baritone.
19:15I sing lower than normal
19:17and I like
19:19to sing half voice.
19:21Javier Solis was my
19:23biggest idol and he was the master
19:25of half voice. So,
19:27he is a great inspiration. And my dad
19:29too, and Vicente too,
19:31Don Vicente.
19:33There are so many singers who have
19:35been part of my school that I don't even know
19:37which one has been the most important.
19:39Now, you have wandered a lot,
19:41well, not wandered, but you have been
19:43in many different genres.
19:45Obviously, ranchera, mariachi
19:47is like your core,
19:49but you also do pop.
19:51You were one of the first
19:53artists of traditional Mexican music
19:55who did pop.
19:57You love rock, you have that
19:59rock album. I know you are a rocker
20:01from the heart.
20:03How do you decide in which career to stay?
20:07Well, where the blood calls me the most
20:09and not for my parents, but my blood,
20:11I love
20:13the charrería, Leila.
20:15The charrería, that sport of
20:17charros on horseback,
20:19is the sport that I have practiced
20:21since 1983.
20:25That seems to me
20:27an incredible thing.
20:29I love it.
20:31I mean, getting on a horse and singing
20:33and being in tune,
20:35no.
20:37It's because I am a charro, Leila.
20:39I have been national champion
20:41of charrería, four times
20:43state champion, now we are
20:45two state champions,
20:47now there is the national championship,
20:49on the 20th I am in San Luis Potosí
20:51doing that.
20:53And why do I tell you?
20:55Because my love for
20:57Mexican music is genuine.
20:59I mean, when I sang rock,
21:01I also sang Mexican music,
21:03at the same time.
21:05I mean, I have not lost the taste
21:07for rancheras,
21:09and now I have it even more.
21:11Yesterday I just spoke with a mariachi,
21:13I have my mariachi
21:15for 25 years,
21:17but new mariachi groups have emerged.
21:19And I am going to do a show
21:21with a new mariachi
21:23that they are not going to finish.
21:25And it has to do with charrería.
21:27And we are also doing a work
21:29that has to do with
21:31the last charros of the time.
21:33Is this for next year?
21:35Yes.
21:37Both things?
21:39Yes.
21:41Of course.
21:43And I have just been...
21:45Yes, yes, yes, long live Mexico
21:47and long live its traditions.
21:49I have just been in Guadalajara
21:51in a composition camp
21:53where twenty-odd songs came out
21:55of which, believe me,
21:57I am going to struggle a lot
21:59to decide which one to remove
22:01because they are all great.
22:03But apart from that,
22:05I now have a new album with 14 songs
22:07that I am going to release now.
22:09And in fact, the song
22:11of Cuídamela Bien,
22:13the one you say is for my daughter...
22:15The one I say...
22:17The one I say...
22:19The one Leila says
22:21is for my son-in-law and my daughter
22:23is the first single
22:25of this album.
22:27So, a lot of music,
22:29a lot of tours.
22:31Jorge and his team
22:33are now going to take us to Spain.
22:35Michelle, because I didn't talk about Michelle Vega
22:37with whom I am also working
22:39in Magnus,
22:41is taking me to South America.
22:43So, at my age and after 34 albums,
22:45I am like a chicken
22:47in this business.
22:49Well, you told us that
22:51you still had
22:53a lot of things
22:55that you hadn't done
22:57that you wanted to do.
22:59Tell me a primordial one
23:01that is still on your bucket list.
23:03Well, taking this to Europe
23:05is a goal
23:07that used to seem unreachable
23:09because not only Spain...
23:11And this is...
23:13This is the...
23:15The Jaripeo.
23:17You are going to take the Jaripeo to Europe
23:19Of course.
23:21Of course, of course.
23:23That is the idea.
23:25And the idea is to take it to Asia as well.
23:27I mean, Mexicanity
23:29has no borders.
23:31The folklore of any country
23:33has no borders.
23:35That's why I did
23:37what I did with Ángela's album,
23:39with Bolero.
23:41I mean, politics...
23:43I don't get into those things.
23:45What I know is that
23:47I wanted to teach
23:49where that music came from
23:51and the best artist
23:53to teach it, in my opinion,
23:55was my daughter.
23:57And we did this first work
23:59called Sonidos del Tiempo
24:01and it's a great album
24:03based on Bolero.
24:05But now I'm going to do mariachi
24:07and I'm going to do cumbia
24:09and I'm going to do vallenato
24:11and I'm going to do flamenco
24:13and I'm going to do tango.
24:15Those are an album
24:17and an audiovisual.
24:19Like Bolero.
24:21And all that, I hope I can do
24:23as much as I can on the 25th
24:25and if not on the 26th,
24:27and if not on the 27th,
24:29and if not, until God says.
24:31Are you going to do this
24:33or who is going to do it?
24:35No, different artists are going to do it.
24:37Bolero was played by Ángela,
24:39mariachi by me,
24:41flamenco by a Spanish
24:43and by other guests.
24:45Wow, that's interesting.
24:47So this is your musical project
24:49of life.
24:51Your opus.
24:53Your magnus opus.
24:55I don't know if it's...
24:57Yes, it could be.
24:59It could be one of the most important
25:01works I do,
25:03although also Jaripeo Sin Fronteras
25:05has been one of the most
25:07important works
25:09I've done in my life.
25:11First, because it's a continuation
25:13of the legacy and work my father taught me.
25:15And it's taking it
25:17to the next level,
25:19which for me is success.
25:21Not doing it like
25:23my father did, but improving it.
25:25And I'm sure my father
25:27would have been very happy and proud.
25:29And that for me has been
25:31one of the most important achievements,
25:33besides my family, which for me
25:35is the greatest achievement,
25:37to have my children and my wife
25:39Now, Pepe, you,
25:41going back to the beginning of our conversation,
25:43you are the son of Antonio Aguilar.
25:45And I imagine
25:47that for years
25:49that was a blessing and a curse,
25:51right?
25:53Because you have the last name,
25:55which opens doors, but everyone says,
25:57oh, it's not that he's Antonio's son.
25:59How do you get rid of that
26:01to become Pepe Aguilar,
26:03who you clearly are today,
26:05and that many young people,
26:07they don't know who your father was.
26:09And the same thing happens
26:11to Angela and Leonardo,
26:13who are Pepe's children,
26:15but they are no longer Pepe's children in some way.
26:17How do you forge
26:19those independent paths?
26:21I imagine that you talk about it
26:23as a family, right?
26:25Yes, we talk about it as a family,
26:27but I think that everything is in the head,
26:29Leila. My father
26:31taught us that everyone
26:33had their own life
26:35story.
26:37I follow Mexican music
26:39because I believe in the folklore
26:41of Mexico, not because
26:43my father taught it to me.
26:45I believe in
26:47the charrería because
26:49I am tremendously proud
26:51that it runs through my veins,
26:53not because my father dressed as a charro.
26:55Everyone has their own story.
26:57And I was a blessing
26:59and a curse,
27:01because there were a lot of people
27:03who came to identify me
27:05and the only common denominator
27:07was Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre,
27:09nothing more.
27:11So, how does it feel to be Antonio's son?
27:13Why did you sing those songs, etc.,
27:15during the first 5 or 6 years
27:17of my life?
27:19No one thought it would last 34, right?
27:21Well, I think that
27:23after being a woman like you,
27:25everyone said,
27:27ah, well, this is going to last.
27:29Yes.
27:31It never
27:33bothered me.
27:35On the contrary,
27:37it was always a tremendous
27:39pride for me to be the son of someone who was a son.
27:41And when people asked me,
27:43it had been normal for me
27:45to grow up
27:47in a family of two famous people.
27:49It had been normal
27:51for me to go to the
27:53Mason Square Garden, or the Plaza de Toros
27:55in Guayaquil,
27:57or in Guadalajara,
27:59even the crowd.
28:01It was normal for me
28:03to go to Puerto Rico
28:05and from the airport
28:07to the Caribe Hilton,
28:09on both sides of the
28:11highway, there were people
28:13with flags of Mexico
28:15and Puerto Rico, and my dad
28:17in a convertible, greeting
28:19like he was the Pope, right?
28:21It was normal for me.
28:23So, when people asked me,
28:25hey, your dad, yes,
28:27hey, but you, famous
28:29for your dad, well, no,
28:31he's not famous,
28:33I just sing.
28:35Of course, it never came to me
28:37in life,
28:39nor did I ever feel
28:41competition. How?
28:43But people asked you if you felt
28:45competition with your dad, no.
28:47Yes.
28:49Because it seems to me that they are
28:51apples and oranges.
28:53Especially when my dad was already 87 years old,
28:55I was in my prime,
28:57and they still asked me, hey,
28:59how does it feel that now you,
29:01they say, hey, no, wait, there are levels.
29:03I always said, there are levels.
29:05My father,
29:07I have right now
29:09the Grammys that I have and whatever,
29:11but I'm 50 years away
29:13to see if you can compare me
29:15with him.
29:17But it's also not about comparisons,
29:19because everyone, going back to your question,
29:21has their own story.
29:23Just like my children right now,
29:25they know them because of them.
29:27I hope they have
29:29many years of life
29:31so they can forge their story.
29:33Because even if they have the last name
29:35they have,
29:37people don't do favors.
29:39No.
29:41People don't buy the last name.
29:43People buy
29:45what they like.
29:47And if you make music that they like,
29:49you call yourself whatever you call yourself,
29:51wherever you come from,
29:53they will support you.
29:55And if you make music that they don't like,
29:57even if you are the son of Obama
29:59or whoever you are,
30:01no one will appeal to you.
30:03And you are very happily married
30:05a long time ago with a woman
30:07like from Armas Tomar.
30:09Oh my God.
30:11Let me tell you.
30:13That's a compliment.
30:15The more chaparritos,
30:17the more warlike.
30:19How important is it for you
30:21to have a combat partner
30:23in the house
30:25that helps you with the business
30:27and comes from another point of view?
30:29No, well,
30:31definitely
30:33she is my
30:35biggest ally,
30:37my
30:39indisputable
30:41partner
30:43and
30:45what is it called?
30:47Completely supportive.
30:49She is a person
30:51that I can't explain without her.
30:53Definitely
30:55a blessing,
30:57but she is very cunning.
30:59You have to be afraid of her
31:01when she raises
31:03her left eyebrow.
31:05If she raises her right eyebrow,
31:07there is no problem.
31:09But if she raises her left eyebrow,
31:11run away, please.
31:13I know what I'm saying.
31:15But everyone
31:17comes to you here.
31:19Yes, I'm very big.
31:21I love her
31:23and I can't
31:25imagine myself without her.
31:27None of what I have right now would be the same
31:29without her. Who knows what would have happened
31:31with my career?
31:33I would have surely gotten
31:35where I should have gotten,
31:37but it would have been tremendously sad
31:39to be without her.
31:41Pepe, and you have
31:43people who see you from the outside
31:45and say,
31:47this guy has it all, right?
31:49He has had this impeccable career,
31:51he is having this current success,
31:53he is going to go to this big tour.
31:55How is Pepe
31:57Aguilar going to celebrate his Hall of Fame?
31:59How do you do it when you want to celebrate?
32:01What is your way
32:03of celebrating?
32:05Being with my family.
32:07Where?
32:09Now Angela is not there because she is with her husband.
32:11Her husband is on tour.
32:13But my two children came.
32:15My other two children came.
32:17My other big son
32:19is not there either.
32:21But two of my family
32:23came here specifically
32:25to accompany me.
32:27All the awards
32:29that life and
32:31academies and
32:33institutions and organizations
32:35have given me,
32:37which have been several already,
32:39I always
32:41celebrate it
32:43with my family. We go to dinner
32:45alone,
32:47at home, we order,
32:49even if you don't believe it,
32:51I am very bored,
32:53and in that sense,
32:55parties,
32:57I like it, I like
32:59to go with my colleagues, I enjoy it,
33:01but I prefer not to be
33:03with my family.
33:05After the Hall of Fame,
33:07maybe instead of going to
33:09the parties after the awards,
33:11maybe we will eat pizza
33:13at the hotel, my two children,
33:15my wife, my dog and I.
33:17And you have a ranch in Mexico where your horses are.
33:19Yes.
33:21Is that like your remanso de paz?
33:23One hundred percent. In fact, my parents
33:25are buried there and
33:27three hundred years of family.
33:29I get there
33:31and I realize that I have to
33:33charge batteries.
33:35I take this Tesla power
33:37and I charge
33:39the batteries
33:41in Tallagua.
33:43So that's where you come from,
33:45because we have them well set up.
33:47We just
33:49composed a song
33:51Oh, you don't know how good it is,
33:53between
33:55Horacio Palencia, Nathan Galante
33:57and El Bolela.
33:59A song that talks about that, precisely.
34:01It talks about
34:03where I come from.
34:05Do I look very elegant here?
34:07No, but very here.
34:09Very elegant.
34:11I'm from Rancho, Leila.
34:13I'm from Rancho, Rancho, Rancho, Rancho.
34:15The truth is that many of my
34:17young colleagues think I'm not.
34:19And suddenly we start
34:21talking and they say, no,
34:23if you're a rancher, you are.
34:25And I'm very
34:27proud to be.
34:29Very proud.
34:31Very proud.
35:01Very proud.
35:03Very proud.