Everyone has a black guy inside them. Mine is a Cuban sonero who is 80-something years old and sings better than I do. His name is Medoro Madera. Medoro has been recording since 1997. Ruben Blades Read Quote
So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America. Ruben Blades Read Quote
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. Ruben Blades Read Quote
In those days the big U.S. labels didn’t have any particular interest in the Latin market. Ruben Blades Read Quote
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people’s talents were ripped off. Ruben Blades Read Quote
It doesn’t make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law. Ruben Blades Read Quote
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. Ruben Blades Read Quote
