They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.

So that when I came to New York again, it was, I'm not too sure right now, but it was '74 or '75. I went to Miami in '74 and then I came to New York, I think, at the end of '74.

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.

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.

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

So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America.

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.