How fast did things become dangerous in Brazil?
It was danger all the time. In ’64 we had our coup d’etat. You had yours in ’63 with Kennedy, and after that came the invasion of South America. Brazil was ’64—my father was arrested because he used to work with politicians, and it was getting tougher and tougher. So we had to deal with all this—many times we had to stop the gig and leave by the back door. Because you knew the police were coming in the front? Oh yeah, we had people who would advise us. Many times we had to stay in the hotel because we were warned they were going to kidnap us. What saved us was we were too cute. It was hard for them to say these three little kids—blonde hair and blue eyes like Rita—would be a danger to the system of the country. But we kicked them a little bit. We were bugging them. I would love to see my sheet—you know, my record? In the Department of Police. To be subversive at the age of fifteen—this is great! That’s a kid’s dream! When you’re young, you have this indestructible feeling. We were defy
