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

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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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all...

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all...

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...

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...

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...

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'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 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...