![It seemed [there are] musical nodes on the planet where cultures meet and mix, sometimes as a result of unfortunate circumstances, like slavery or something else, in places like New Orleans and Havana and Brazil. And those are places where the European culture and indigenous culture and African culture all met and lived together, and some new kind of culture and especially music came out of that.](/assets/img/quote-photos/it-seemed-there-are-musical-nodes-on-the-planet-where-cultures-meet-and-mix-so.jpg)
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