Ruben Blades Quotes

Every Band Had Their Own Distinctive Sound, But It Was Pretty Much Dancing Music And Rhythmic Music With A Tremendous Emphasis On Copying The Cuban Models.

Anywhere You Had A Commerce Center, You Had A Lot Of Music.

Yes, I Was Going To Law School And It Was Closed In '69.

So That When I Came To New York Again, It Was, I'm Not Too Sure Right Now, But It Was '74 Or '75. I Went To Miami In '74 And Then I Came To New York, I Think, At The End Of '74.

So I Went To Miami In '74 With My Family And While I Was There It Became Obvious That We Needed Money And We Needed To Do Something, Because My Family, We Left Without Anything Really, And We Didn't Have Any Money To Begin With.

So That When I Came From Panama... My Family Was Exiled In 1973 And They Went To Miami.

There Was A Lot Of Stuff Happening In Havana That Was Being Heard And Appreciated By New Orleans Musicians Because Of This Situation. And Vice Versa.

I Was A Kid, And I Remember My Mother Singing. She Was Also A Radio Soap Opera Actress, But My Mother Sang.

So That In 1974, When I Graduated As A Lawyer, I Figured I'm Not Going To Be A Lawyer Under A Military Regime.

I Think In New York We Had Respect And We Would Pretty Much Fill Up The Places Where We Went, But I Never Got The Sense That We Really Were Number 1 Here In New York Among The Latin Crowds.

But, When I Was About Thirteen, I Began To Sort Of Sing In My Neighborhood.

What Is Interesting In This Is The Exchange Of Music That Occurred Between New Orleans And Cuba, I Mean, They Had Ferries That Would Go From One Port To Another.