So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America.
People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.
A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.
Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.
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.
We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.