The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody identified with the songs because they were descriptions of life in the city. Ruben Blades citydescriptiongrandmother Change image and share on social
Tortured characters are, I think, an actor's dream. Ruben Blades actorcharacterdream Change image and share on social
So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America. Ruben Blades americacitydocument Change image and share on social
In general, both in Spanish and English, the quality of the entertainment media is horrible. Ruben Blades englishentertainmentgeneral Change image and share on social
So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we needed to do something, because my family, we left without anything really, and we didn't have any money to begin with. Ruben Blades beginfamilyleave share on social
Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models. Ruben Blades bandcopycuban Change image and share on social
There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything. Ruben Blades provideradiotelevision Change image and share on social
I really think that music itself, being one of the greatest possible vehicles for mass communication, should be probed to its extremes, to see how effective it can actually become, which is one of the reasons why I became also interested in presenting political points of view. Ruben Blades communicationeffectiveextreme share on social
We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened. Ruben Blades dancelistenpeople Change image and share on social
I was always interested in trying to find how different genres would affect the lyrics that I'd written. Salsa is where most of my songs have been recorded, the genre of salsa. It's very frenetic, fast-paced. And I felt that the lyrics sometimes were being lost. Ruben Blades affectfastfelt share on social
