Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

Everyone comes back. It makes no difference how far we wander, we always have our country, our land, in our souls and our minds.

They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.

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.

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.

I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.

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.

People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.

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

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

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

A true healer is the one who heals himself first so others can benefit from his own healing.

Victor was the first to speak, and when he did, it was with an eloquence and composure perfectly befitting the situation

Guard against idols -- yes, guard against all idols, of which surely the greatest is oneself.

The key to success is to develop a winning edge.

What you cannot control, you must accept.

I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.

I live by the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.

I talk about being Australian a lot.

I've never hit anybody in my life. I never would, and the only way I could make a point was by hurting myself...It's something I've done since I was a teenager.

I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera.