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

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.

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

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

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

They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.

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.