People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.
I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe.
But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.
Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.
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.