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Ruben Blades quotes: A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.

A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.

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

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

Ruben Blades quotes: My mother never finished elementary school. My father didn't, and that was a reality for many of us.

My mother never finished elementary school. My father didn't, and that was a reality for many of us.

Ruben Blades quotes: There was a lot of stuff happening in Havana that was being heard and appreciated by New Orleans musicians because of this situation. And vice versa.

There was a lot of stuff happening in Havana that was being heard and appreciated by New Orleans musicians because of this situation. And vice versa.

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

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

Ruben Blades quotes: It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law.

It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law.

Ruben Blades quotes: 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 quotes: I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe.

I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe.

Ruben Blades quotes: It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here.

It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here.

Ruben Blades quotes: In general, both in Spanish and English, the quality of the entertainment media is horrible.

In general, both in Spanish and English, the quality of the entertainment media is horrible.

Ruben Blades quotes: There's something about the tango that brings even more emotion out of the lyrics.

There's something about the tango that brings even more emotion out of the lyrics.

Ruben Blades quotes: 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 quotes: In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market.

In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market.

Ruben Blades quotes: 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.

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.

Ruben Blades quotes: 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 quotes: The first time I played was in Buenos Aires - was in 1983. The dictatorship was in position.

The first time I played was in Buenos Aires - was in 1983. The dictatorship was in position.

Ruben Blades quotes: Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation.

Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation.

Ruben Blades quotes: 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 quotes: I collected the 'Walking Dead' comics.

I collected the 'Walking Dead' comics.

Ruben Blades quotes: So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime.

So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime.

Ruben Blades quotes: Not everybody goes to government to serve themselves and not their country.

Not everybody goes to government to serve themselves and not their country.

Ruben Blades quotes: I don't accept ideologies that are not a product of consensus. I don't have an ideology, but I do have a sense of what's right and what's wrong.

I don't accept ideologies that are not a product of consensus. I don't have an ideology, but I do have a sense of what's right and what's wrong.

Ruben Blades quotes: It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we were a German band in 1985.

It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we were a German band in 1985.

Ruben Blades quotes: People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.

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

Ruben Blades quotes: So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama.

So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama.

Ruben Blades quotes: What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.

What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.

Ruben Blades quotes: To fix Panama, you need more than charisma and records: you need a program of action.

To fix Panama, you need more than charisma and records: you need a program of action.

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

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

Ruben Blades quotes: We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

Ruben Blades quotes: I'm planning to retire from salsa. I'm planning to do a farewell tour.

I'm planning to retire from salsa. I'm planning to do a farewell tour.

Ruben Blades quotes: There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.

There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.

Ruben Blades quotes: I decided we should book ourselves, so I started booking the band.

I decided we should book ourselves, so I started booking the band.

Ruben Blades quotes: Tortured characters are, I think, an actor's dream.

Tortured characters are, I think, an actor's dream.

Ruben Blades quotes: You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut.

You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut.

Ruben Blades quotes: But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.

But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.

Ruben Blades quotes: Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

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