In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market. — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America. — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much… — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here. — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went, but I… — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market. — Ruben Blades Copy Share
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off. — Ruben Blades Copy Share
So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we… — Ruben Blades Copy Share
There was a lot of stuff happening in Havana that was being heard and appreciated by New Orleans musicians because of this situation. And… — Ruben Blades Copy Share
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. — Ruben Blades Copy Share
Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the… — Ruben Blades Copy Share
I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe. — Ruben Blades Copy Share
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 Copy Share
So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America. — Ruben Blades Copy Share
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… — Ruben Blades Copy Share
But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood. — Ruben Blades Copy Share
The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody identified with the songs because they were descriptions of… — Ruben Blades Copy Share
