Raul Malo

wanting to put those songs on the record.

I was outvoted by everybody else.

I don't regret that they're on the record and I don't regret the record that was made.

But I always felt that they were a little too personal.

You know, the album was very much

about the life and times of the Mavericks in Miami.

And I always thought that, well, you know, the people around us know what these songs are about.

But, you know, the rest of the world or the country won't know unless we go out and explain it to them.

And then, you know, we go out and play.

And it's that whole scenario.

But that's, you know, that's my take on it, you know.

Um...

Sure.

In Hell to Paradise, the song about my aunt leaving Cuba and coming over here was inspired by her, but anybody who's been in Miami...

know somebody who's been through this because we all came over from somewhere.

And the funny thing was, when we were touring this song, this album, I remember going to all parts of the country and playing the song and explaining it.

There's a little part on the show where I explain the song.

And I remember having all kinds of people, all walks of life coming up to me after and going, wow.

I remember – older generations, I remember seeing the Statue of Liberty when I came over from Poland or from Czechoslovakia or from other parts of Europe.

And so it touched a lot of people's nerves in that –