I didn't do drugs, I never did do drugs. Never. I don't have any story of drugs, you know, to speak of. Never did drugs, never was interested in drugs and then I wasn't interested in the people around the… — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation. — 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 Image
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off. — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America. — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
