And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.

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.

So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami.

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.

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

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

There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.