"We had something to say. Whenever we played,……" — Ruben Blades

"We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened."

— Ruben Blades

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34 Quotes by Ruben Blades

Ruben Blades has 34 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.
Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous…
I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called…
But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.
Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation.
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.
I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my…
And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.
They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.
It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law.
And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New York so I hooked it…
There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.

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More Dance Quotes

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The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of… — Fred Astaire
Disco is just jitterbug. — Fred Astaire
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how… — Margaret Atwood
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. — Jane Austen
Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. — George Balanchine
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the… — George Balanchine
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. — Dave Barry
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
The more injuries you get, the smarter you get. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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