It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here.
This is important to clarify, because a lot of people don't understand that I came in '69 and then went back to Panama to finish school.
We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.
I didn't do drugs, I never did do drugs. Never. I don't have any story of drugs, you know, to speak of. Never did drugs, never was interested in drugs and then I wasn't interested in the people around the drugs.
People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.