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

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.

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

People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.

But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.

I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.

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