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

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.

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.

I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe.

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

It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law.

A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.