There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.
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.
We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.
Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.
So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime.
So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami.