Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.

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

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

So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime.

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

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

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