Sixto Rodriguez

I like Detroit.

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I'm a lucky man.

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My career, it's been a mess.

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Beware of current truths.

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I enjoy room service.

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I have fun with words.

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Music is a living art.

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Madness passed me by, she smiled hi. I nodded.

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There's no shame in hard work.

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I used protest music as a vehicle.

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I renovate homes and buildings and residences in Detroit.

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Entertainment news doesn't interest me.

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Education, information and knowledge are all one.

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I wasn't very successful at running for office.

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I've been chasing music since I was 16.

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I want to be mayor of the world. Don't give me too much money or too much power.

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

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I always like to say that you've got to... use all your talent.

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That's the way I always listened to music. I'd listen and copy it. I play by ear so that's easier than reading.

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I loved the Woody Guthrie tradition of speaking about what's happening to the country.

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The film, 'Searching For Sugar Man,' has excited my music career.

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

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

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I don't necessarily want a higher education, I want a wider education. I want to know everything and experience everything.

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That late success has happened is OK. I'm grounded. I use my seniority to my advantage. That's helped me out. Who'd have…

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In the music business, there's a lot of criticism and rejection. If you embrace it, you'll be better off when the adjustment…

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Drivers don't always see the (flashing) lights. You can't get tunnel vision. You've got to look everywhere, even when your adrenaline is…

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I learned that South Africa is a beautiful country with gorgeous people, and I got to see it from a different perspective…

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I like language, words. And I think the survival skills I've developed over the years have added a lot to my perspective.

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I've only written 30 songs or something. Dylan's written over 500 songs. There's no comparison. He's the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll…

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I have a formal education, but there's a whole lot you don't learn in school. And you only have so much time…

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You can't get around certain stuff, whether it's in Darfur or on your block at home. What makes us political is your…

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I know I did 'Establishment Blues,' and I said 'This is not a song it's an outburst' and I'd play it, I…

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I like to say that I do covers of my own songs. And I have about a dozen bands all over the…

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I chose music and that's what I do.

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I'm a fortunate man, quite fortunate.

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

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I was skeptical about the whole idea of my being in a film.

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I don't like litter and blight.

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My work is more to me than just music.

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