I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.

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 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.

What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.

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

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.

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