Ruben Blades Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

“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.”

“What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.”

“Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.”

“In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market.”

“It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we were a German band in 1985.”

“So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America.”

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

“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.”

“Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.”