And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.

Secada is crediting formal musical training—not luck or mere charisma—as the underlying cause of his professional opportunities and achievements. The repetition (“have happened have happened”) underscores a sense of cumulative, almost chain-reaction causality: one skill or credential leads to another door opening. Read this way, the quote functions as an argument for arts education as practical preparation, suggesting that technique, literacy (theory, ear training, arranging), and discipline translate into real-world career resilience. It also reframes “career” as something built on foundations laid earlier, implying that education shapes not only competence but the kinds of collaborations and roles (performer, writer, arranger) an artist can credibly take on.