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.
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.
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.
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.
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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