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.

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

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

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

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami.

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