sician, but my mom was very
supportive in everything that
my brother and I did — and mu-
sic was a part of that process.
For instance, we started play-
ing instruments at her insistence
because she wanted us to be
well-rounded. She didn’t really
envision us being instrumental-
ists — virtuosos — or anything like
that; she just wanted us to be
well-educated. So, with that said,
she was always very supportive
with anything that we did . With
every new song that we would
come up with, she was always
very happy about listening to it,
and chiming in and saying how
nice it was — so she was just really
supportive of all of our artistic
endeavors.
What type of music did you lis-
ten to in Puerto Rico as a child?
All the traditional Puerto Rican/
Latin music from salsa to Christ-
mas music to more folkloric mu-
sic of the islands. I also listened
to a lot of traditional instru-
ments like the cuatro (a small
Watch Bernie Williams perform “La Salsa En Mi”
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