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> [A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/a-lot-of-times-you-re-just-conditioned-by-what-s-around-you/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

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## More by Ruben Blades

> [They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/they-re-making-a-ton-of-money-and-no-one-is-getting-a-nickel/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/in-those-days-the-big-u-s-labels-didn-t-have-any-particular-interest/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/what-i-do-not-accept-is-the-fact-that-so-many-people-s-talents-were/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/so-i-went-to-miami-in-74-with-my-family-and-while-i-was-there-it/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [There was a lot of stuff happening in Havana that was being heard and appreciated by New Orleans musicians because of this situation. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/there-was-a-lot-of-stuff-happening-in-havana-that-was-being-heard-and/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/i-think-we-risk-becoming-the-best-informed-society-that-has-ever-died/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/so-everything-that-ever-happened-we-knew-about-in-panama/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/every-band-had-their-own-distinctive-sound-but-it-was-pretty-much/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/there-was-no-television-so-the-radio-provided-you-with-everything/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/i-was-born-in-panama-the-republic-of-panama-on-july-16-1948-in-panama/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/everyone-comes-back-it-makes-no-difference-how-far-we-wander-we/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/so-that-i-saw-music-as-a-way-of-documenting-realities-from-the-urban/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/and-he-d-seen-me-in-panama-and-he-talked-about-maybe-doing-something/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/but-when-i-was-about-thirteen-i-began-to-sort-of-sing-in-my/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

> [The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody identified with the songs because they were descriptions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/the-grandmother-the-mother-the-worker-the-student-the-intellectual/)

[Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/)

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