--- title: "3 Miami Quotes By Ruben Blades" description: "3 Miami quotes by Ruben Blades. Plus more from Ruben Blades and more Miami sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/ruben-blades-18300_family_so-i-went-to-miami-in-74-with-my-family_238792.png" --- > [So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/ruben-blades-18300_family_so-i-went-to-miami-in-74-with-my-family_238792.png) > [So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/so-that-when-i-came-from-panama-my-family-was-exiled-in-1973-and-they/) [Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/ruben-blades-18300_exiled_so-that-when-i-came-from-panama-my-famil_1343291.png) > [So that when I came to New York again, it was, I'm not too sure right now, but it was '74 or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/so-that-when-i-came-to-new-york-again-it-was-i-m-not-too-sure-right/) [Ruben Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruben-blades/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/ruben-blades-18300_ends_so-that-when-i-came-to-new-york-again-it_2375676.png) ## Other authors on Miami - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-francis-x-suarez-5945.jpg) Francis X. Suarez 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/miami/francis-x-suarez/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-barry-27009.jpg) Dave Barry 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/miami/dave-barry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shaquille-oneal-84492.jpg) Shaquille O'Neal 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/miami/shaquille-o-neal/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lebron-james-59230.jpg) LeBron James 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/miami/lebron-james/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-tyler-herro-5874.jpg) Tyler Herro 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/miami/tyler-herro/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-iggy-pop-43134.jpg) Iggy Pop 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/miami/iggy-pop/) - [Boti Bliss 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/miami/boti-bliss/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/miami/ruben-blades/#itemlist", "name": "3 Miami Quotes By Ruben Blades", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ruben Blades" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/so-i-went-to-miami-in-74-with-my-family-and-while-i-was-there-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/ruben-blades-18300_family_so-i-went-to-miami-in-74-with-my-family_238792.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/ruben-blades-18300_family_so-i-went-to-miami-in-74-with-my-family_238792.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/ruben-blades-18300_family_so-i-went-to-miami-in-74-with-my-family_238792.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“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", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ruben Blades" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruben-blades/so-that-when-i-came-from-panama-my-family-was-exiled-in-1973-and-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/ruben-blades-18300_exiled_so-that-when-i-came-from-panama-my-famil_1343291.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/ruben-blades-18300_exiled_so-that-when-i-came-from-panama-my-famil_1343291.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/ruben-blades-18300_exiled_so-that-when-i-came-from-panama-my-famil_1343291.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami.” — Ruben Blades", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So that when I came to New York again, it was, I'm not too sure right now, but it was '74 or '75. 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