And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.
So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America.
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.
People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.
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.