So That When I Came From Panama...

And Music Was A Very Important Part Of Our Lives. The Radio Was On All Day.

I Was A Kid, And I Remember My Mother Singing. She Was Also A Radio Soap Opera Actress, But My Mother Sang.

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 Here And I Recorded In 1969 My First Album With Pete Rodriguez.

So That In 1974, When I Graduated As A Lawyer, I Figured I'm Not Going To Be A Lawyer Under A Military Regime.

I Was The First Person To Come Into New York With A Latin American Point Of View Which Was Also Very Much Influenced By Political Happenings In Latin America.