Song Quotes by Sixto Rodriguez

Music is a living art.

— Sixto Rodriguez

My work is more to me than just music.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I chose music and that's what I do.

— Sixto Rodriguez

Music is a living art. You re-create it.

— Sixto Rodriguez

You see there's music and there's the music business - and they're different.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I have a sloppy style of playing guitar. A percussive style. Unique in fact.

— Sixto Rodriguez

In the '60s and '70s, a protest song was a genre in music.

— Sixto Rodriguez

Rock 'n' roll is a crazy world, and it's how things work out you can't predict.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I like people who can write and sing, and play an instrument.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I loved Jimmy Reed, the chord changes, the lyrics.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I'm a musical political, I tend to stick to what I see happening outside my front door.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I sing about social issues, not the boy-girl stuff.

— Sixto Rodriguez

Music is not a spectator sport, you have to be involved - fully involved - or you get left behind.

— Sixto Rodriguez

Solomon was a musician and David was a musician, so it's a profession that I take seriously.

— Sixto Rodriguez

Some bands don't do covers. I love music. I've done the '40s, the '50s, 'the '60s, the '70s, the '80s, the '90s,…

— Sixto Rodriguez

Was 'Crucify Your Mind' dedicated to anybody? No, it was a generalization. 'A Most Disgusting Song' is like that, too.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I think that many of the issues they were facing in South Africa were the same as those I was singing about.…

— Sixto Rodriguez

All my life, I never gave up on music and though there was a lot of disappointment for some that the commercial…

— Sixto Rodriguez

I got my style. I got my own way of playing. I'm a musician. I'm self-taught.

— Sixto Rodriguez

There's no blueprint for success in rock'n'roll.

— Sixto Rodriguez