I didn’t do drugs, I never did do drugs. Never. I don’t have any story of drugs, you know, to speak of. — Ruben Blades
I think in new york we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went — Ruben Blades
I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang. — Ruben Blades
I was the first person to come into new york with a latin american point of view which — Ruben Blades
In those days the big u.s. Labels didn’t have any particular interest in the latin market. — Ruben Blades
It was very interesting, and we went to germany and we toured germany like we were a german band in 1985. — Ruben Blades
It’s almost as if people think that in latin america we’re not hip to what’s happening here. — Ruben Blades
So I went to miami in ’74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we — Ruben Blades
So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of latin america. — Ruben Blades
