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" In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market. "
Ruben Blades
Market
Any
Big
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" Tortured characters are, I think, an actor's dream. "
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" It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we were a German band in 1985. "
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" In general, both in Spanish and English, the quality of the entertainment media is horrible. "
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" I decided we should book ourselves, so I started booking the band. "
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" I really think that music itself, being one of the greatest possible vehicles for mass communication, should be probed to its extremes, to see how effective it can actually become, which is one of the reasons why I became also interested in presenting political points of view. "
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" Tango was very popular in Panama at the time when I was growing up. In the Fifties in Panama, the radio stations played all types of music. "
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Radio
" It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here. "
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" So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama. "
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" I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. "
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" So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America. "
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" I think being born in Panama was a blessing because Panama is a port city. It's a really - the mentality is that - I remember that of admitting things in. You know, ports, ideas come in and out all the time. "
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" My mother never finished elementary school. My father didn't, and that was a reality for many of us. "
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School
" I'm planning to retire from salsa. I'm planning to do a farewell tour. "
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Tour
Retire
" The first time I played was in Buenos Aires - was in 1983. The dictatorship was in position. "
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Position
Dictatorship
" But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood. "
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Neighborhood
About
" At a certain point, people in Panama thought that everything was going to be solved as soon as Noriega was gone. Of course, the disappointment was huge. "
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People
Thought
" 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. "
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American
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" There's something about the tango that brings even more emotion out of the lyrics. "
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Something
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" So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime. "
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Lawyer
Military
Regime
" Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music. "
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Had
You
Lot
" There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything. "
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Television
Radio
Everything
" And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day. "
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Day
Radio
Part
" Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models. "
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Dancing
Band
Music
" We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened. "
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" I was never particularly a part of the following of tango; I just liked it... most of all, I recognized that the urban content and the approach seemed very familiar and very connected to the songs that I was doing, the kind of songs that I wanted to write - the songs about the street. "
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Doing
Street
" They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel. "
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" You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut. "
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" People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being. "
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" It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law. "
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Law
Sense
Place