But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.

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.

It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law.

I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe.

Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation.

Everyone comes back. It makes no difference how far we wander, we always have our country, our land, in our souls and our minds.

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