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Ruben Blades

"I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went, but I never got the sense that we really were Number 1 here in New York among the Latin crowds."

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"I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went, but I never got the sense that we really were Number 1 here in New York among the Latin crowds."

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"I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years."

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"The crowds can be very loud, especially when you're playing in the evening."

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Amber Hurdle

"I get very anxious and am scared in crowds and things like that."

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"Sportsmanship and easygoing methods are all right, but it is the prospect of a hot fight that brings out the crowds."

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"We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows."

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Amber Hurdle

"Crowds are the most difficult thing for me these days because I have to walk with my head down and my eyes averted. There's still that part of me that wants to hold my head up, make eye contact and smile."

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Amber Hurdle

"I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went, but I never got the sense that we really were Number 1 here in New York among the Latin crowds."

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"In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market."
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"I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe."
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"So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama."
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"It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law."
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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."
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"So that when I came to New York again, it was, I'm not too sure right now, but it was '74 or '75. I went to Miami in '74 and then I came to New York, I think, at the end of '74."
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