A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.
But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.
I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe.
I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America.
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.