We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.
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This is important to clarify, because a lot of people don't understand that I came in '69 and then went back to Panama to finish school.Ruben Blades
So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we needed to do something, because my family, we left without anything really, and we didn't have any money to begin with.
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A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.
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You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut.
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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.
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There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.
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