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> [Some bands don't do covers. I love music. I've done the '40s, the '50s, 'the '60s, the '70s, the '80s, the '90s, the '00s, and I'm working on the '10s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/some-bands-don-t-do-covers-i-love-music-i-ve-done-the-40s-the-50s-the/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/sixto-rodriguez-4946_done_some-bands-don-t-do-covers-i-love-music_1414809.jpg)

> [I like to say that I do covers of my own songs. And I have about a dozen bands all over the world. That's no exaggeration. I have a South African band, an Australian band, Swedish bands, English bands, American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/i-like-to-say-that-i-do-covers-of-my-own-songs-and-i-have-about-a/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/sixto-rodriguez-4946_american_i-like-to-say-that-i-do-covers-of-my-own_2280350.jpg)

## More by Sixto Rodriguez

> [You either live under a rock or you walk in the sunshine. That’s pretty much how it goes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/you-either-live-under-a-rock-or-you-walk-in-the-sunshine-that-s/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [Every 20 years or so, I feel that young people confront the same issues - a new war, new challenges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/every-20-years-or-so-i-feel-that-young-people-confront-the-same/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [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 and popular music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/i-ve-only-written-30-songs-or-something-dylan-s-written-over-500/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [All my life, I never gave up on music and though there was a lot of disappointment for some that the commercial thing never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/all-my-life-i-never-gave-up-on-music-and-though-there-was-a-lot-of/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [How much of you is repetition?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/how-much-of-you-is-repetition/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [I have a sloppy style of playing guitar. A percussive style. Unique in fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/i-have-a-sloppy-style-of-playing-guitar-a-percussive-style-unique-in/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [About love, don't be a silent partner. And be gentle with your anger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/about-love-don-t-be-a-silent-partner-and-be-gentle-with-your-anger/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [I stopped chasing the music dream back in '74.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/i-stopped-chasing-the-music-dream-back-in-74/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [I've had such an ordinary life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/i-ve-had-such-an-ordinary-life/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [I did a lot of heavy-lifting - construction, demolition, that kind of thing. Dusty, dirty work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/i-did-a-lot-of-heavy-lifting-construction-demolition-that-kind-of/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [I loved the Woody Guthrie tradition of speaking about what's happening to the country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/i-loved-the-woody-guthrie-tradition-of-speaking-about-what-s/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [Where other people live in an artificial world, I feel I live in the real world. And nothing beats reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/where-other-people-live-in-an-artificial-world-i-feel-i-live-in-the/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [I used protest music as a vehicle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/i-used-protest-music-as-a-vehicle/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [Barriers are being brought down by technology through the Internet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/barriers-are-being-brought-down-by-technology-through-the-internet/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

> [I was ready for the world. I don't think the world was ready for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sixto-rodriguez/i-was-ready-for-the-world-i-don-t-think-the-world-was-ready-for-me/)

[Sixto Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sixto-rodriguez/)

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