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Rubén Blades is a Panamanian musician, actor, and politician, widely celebrated for his contributions to salsa music. His innovative lyrics and activism have made him an influential cultural figure throughout Latin America. He continues to inspire audiences with his artistic talent and commitment to social justice. Here are 38 of his quotes:

I like to think of it as like watching The Godfather...You might have seen it 1,000 times, but when it comes on it makes you stop. Each time you see it, you find something different. That's what I want people to get from my music. (Rubén Blades)
I grew up surrounded by all types of music...You have to remember, Panama is a port so I always had contact with all types of music-from the big bands of Count Basie to all the Cuban bands of people like Benny Moré. View quote
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The bully got bullied...and that was happening in all levels of society: governments were treating people badly, authorities were not doing what they were supposed to do and people saw in that example, a way of getting even. View quote
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I decided we should book ourselves, so I started booking the band. View quote
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It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here. View quote
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So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama. View quote
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So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime. View quote
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In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market. View quote
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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. View quote
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You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut. View quote
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It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we were a German band in 1985. (Rubén Blades)
There's a moment in everybody's life...where you have more past than future, and then you better start organizing your time. So I thought maybe this is the time to do this. I'm not keen on people following me and recording my life and asking personal questions and what-not, but I figured I had to do it. View quote
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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. View quote
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Rubén Blades

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Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: Panamanian Musician
Born: July 16, 1948
Quotes count: 38
Wikipedia: Rubén Blades

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