You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut.

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So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they...

So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they...

They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.

They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.

I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point...

I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point...

Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and...

Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and...

A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.

A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.

So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities...

So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities...

People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.

People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.

There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.

And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New...

And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New...

I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.

I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.

But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.

But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.

It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we...

It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we...

I decided we should book ourselves, so I started booking the band.

I decided we should book ourselves, so I started booking the band.

It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's...

It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's...

I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio...

I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio...

I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up...

I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up...

It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there...

It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there...

The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody...

The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody...

Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.

Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.