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

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.

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 I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we needed to do something, because my family, we left without anything really, and we didn't have any money to begin with.

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

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.