Fighting Quotes by Chavela Vargas

What hurts is not being homosexual, but they tell it in your face as if you were a plague.

— Chavela Vargas

“Nobody taught me to be like this. I was born this way. Since I opened my eyes to the world, I have never slept…

— Chavela Vargas

I was never afraid of anything because I never hurt anyone. I was always an old drunk.

— Chavela Vargas

When you like something, you should do it all night long.

— Chavela Vargas

I've never even been to bed with a man. Never. That's how pure I am; I have nothing to be ashamed of. My gods…

— Chavela Vargas

I am a friend of life, at 80 life tells me to behave like a woman and not like an old woman.

— Chavela Vargas

“I was never afraid of anything because I never hurt anyone. I was always an old drunk. [Mexico City concert, June 2011]”

— Chavela Vargas

Frida Kahlo taught me a lot without ever bragging about anything.

— Chavela Vargas

I had to fight to be me and get respect, and to carry that stigma, for me, is pride. Carrying the tag of lesbian.…

— Chavela Vargas