I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America.
A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you. - Ruben Blades
A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.
- Ruben Blades
And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day. - Ruben Blades
And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.
There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything. - Ruben Blades
There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.
They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel. - Ruben Blades
They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.
Everyone comes back. It makes no difference how far we wander, we always have our country, our land, in our souls and our minds. - Ruben Blades
Everyone comes back. It makes no difference how far we wander, we always have our country, our land, in our souls and our minds.
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. - Ruben Blades
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.
So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America. - Ruben Blades
So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America.
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off. - Ruben Blades
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.
People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being. - Ruben Blades
People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.
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