And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New York so I hooked it up when I came here and I recorded in 1969 my first album with Pete Rodriguez.

Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation.

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

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

And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New York so I hooked it up when I came here and I recorded in 1969 my first album with Pete Rodriguez.

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

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