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.

So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime.

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

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.

I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.

And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New York so I hooked it up when I came here and I recorded in 1969 my first album with Pete Rodriguez.

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