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

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

So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America.

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law.

There was a lot of stuff happening in Havana that was being heard and appreciated by New Orleans musicians because of this situation. And vice versa.

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