I was a kid, and I remember ...

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

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I think being born in Panama was a blessing because Panama is a port city. It's a really - the mentality is that - I remember that of admitting things in. You know, ports, ideas come in and out all the time.
 Ruben Blades
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.
 Ruben Blades
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.
 Ruben Blades