I love my country. It's just the government I don't trust. — Sixto Rodriguez Country Copy Share Image
It took me 10 years to get a four-year degree, but I graduated. — Sixto Rodriguez Degree Copy Share Image
In Detroit there are a lot of houses they are going to demolish because no one is taking care of them. — Sixto Rodriguez Care Copy Share Image
The Isley Brothers, there's a group that stays together because they're a family band. — Sixto Rodriguez Band Copy Share Image
I did a lot of heavy-lifting - construction, demolition, that kind of thing. Dusty, dirty work. — Sixto Rodriguez Construction Copy Share Image
I'm born and bred out of Detroit. Detroit is an interesting place. You've got to be from somewhere. — Sixto Rodriguez Born Copy Share Image
Some want to do pretty songs with pretty words about pretty people, but that ain't me. — Sixto Rodriguez About Copy Share Image
You either live under a rock or you walk in the sunshine. That’s pretty much how it goes. — Sixto Rodriguez Rock Copy Share Image
I got my style. I got my own way of playing. I'm a musician. I'm self-taught. — Sixto Rodriguez Music Copy Share Image
The social realism of ' Establishment Blues' or 'Like Janis,' are what I chose to use to express what was happening in… — Sixto Rodriguez Blues Copy Share Image
There are no guarantees in the music field. There's a lot of rejection, a lot of criticism and a lot of disappointment.… — Sixto Rodriguez Criticism Copy Share Image
I've always covered some Dylan songs. I do one or two. And I do them because they're great songs. You know some… — Sixto Rodriguez Always Copy Share Image
All my life, I never gave up on music and though there was a lot of disappointment for some that the commercial… — Sixto Rodriguez Commercial Copy Share Image
You want to know the secret of life? It is to breathe in and out. And the mystery of life? You never… — Sixto Rodriguez End Copy Share Image
I don't mind going out to do my shows but I can still retreat back into my own private world, you know?… — Sixto Rodriguez Key Copy Share Image
My dad, he was my role model - my mom died when I was three - and the way we honor our… — Sixto Rodriguez Dad Copy Share Image
I'm a worker, but I think that all workers get an idea of what to do to get free. Any kind of… — Sixto Rodriguez Bondage Copy Share Image
I like to say that I do covers of my own songs. And I have about a dozen bands all over the… — Sixto Rodriguez American Copy Share Image
I know I did 'Establishment Blues,' and I said 'This is not a song it's an outburst' and I'd play it, I… — Sixto Rodriguez Blues Copy Share Image
You can't get around certain stuff, whether it's in Darfur or on your block at home. What makes us political is your… — Sixto Rodriguez Family Copy Share Image
