So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama.

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I didn't do drugs, I never did do drugs. Never. I don't have any story...

I didn't do drugs, I never did do drugs. Never. I don't have any story...

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...

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...

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.

So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there...

So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there...

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...

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...

In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin...

In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin...

What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped...

What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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 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.

I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama...

I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama...

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

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...