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.

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

Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models.

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

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

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

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