But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.
Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.
People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.
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.
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.
I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.