Author: Ruben Blades

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So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America.

So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America.

- Ruben Blades

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.

- Ruben Blades

Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.

Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.

- Ruben Blades

So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami.

So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami.

- Ruben Blades

What is interesting in this is the exchange of music that occurred between New Orleans and Cuba, I mean, they had ferries that would go from one port to another.

What is interesting in this is the exchange of music that occurred between New Orleans and Cuba, I mean, they had ferries that would go from one port to another.

- Ruben Blades

I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.

I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.

- Ruben Blades

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