I love my country. It's just the government I don't trust. — Sixto Rodriguez Country Copy Share Image
About love, don't be a silent partner. And be gentle with your anger. — Sixto Rodriguez Anger Copy Share Image
I loved the Woody Guthrie tradition of speaking about what's happening to the country. — Sixto Rodriguez About Copy Share Image
I'm not a visual guy. I'm audio. I'm a musician. I know what I do. I play guitar, and in my category… — Sixto Rodriguez Audio Copy Share Image
There are beautiful songs people write about love and dancing. But it's political issues that should be addressed. — Sixto Rodriguez Beautiful Copy Share Image
I play guitar and I'm always trying to find out the latest kinds of riffs. — Sixto Rodriguez Always Copy Share Image
My entry level has always been pretty high in the music business. — Sixto Rodriguez Business Copy Share Image
I live below my means. I think that's a good discipline because you never can tell. — Sixto Rodriguez Discipline Copy Share Image
I like people who can write and sing, and play an instrument. — Sixto Rodriguez Instrument Copy Share Image
Musicians want to be heard. So I'm not hiding. But I do like to leave it there onstage and be myself, in… — Sixto Rodriguez Hiding Copy Share Image
My family, we're indigenous people from San Luis Potosi in Central Mexico. My father moved to Detroit and brought all of us… — Sixto Rodriguez Family Copy Share Image
Musicians do music for the girls. We do music for the money. We do music for the recognition, for the rock and… — Sixto Rodriguez Fun Copy Share Image
I always had my guitar; I worked at writing some songs. I always played music - in the house. I sang to… — Sixto Rodriguez Alone Copy Share Image
I'm Mexican, and we do a lot of singing, and it was my brother's guitar that I'd practice on, and he would… — Sixto Rodriguez Brother Copy Share Image
I think that many of the issues they were facing in South Africa were the same as those I was singing about.… — Sixto Rodriguez Draft Copy Share Image
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 Bands 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
You never throw away your work clothes. There is always something to do in the house. — Sixto Rodriguez Clothes Copy Share Image
I'm lucky. It's okay that success has come later to me, because I might have burned up if it had happened earlier. — Sixto Rodriguez Come Copy Share Image
I was ready for the world. I don't think the world was ready for me. — Sixto Rodriguez Me Copy Share Image
I've been a candidate for office at least eight times. A couple times for mayor, state representative, city council. — Sixto Rodriguez Candidate Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' roll is a crazy world, and it's how things work out you can't predict. — Sixto Rodriguez Crazy Copy Share Image
I play by ear - I'm self-taught. And so everything I do is through that technique. — Sixto Rodriguez Everything Copy Share Image
Hate is too strong of an emotion to waste on someone you don’t like — Sixto Rodriguez Emotion Copy Share Image
Was 'Crucify Your Mind' dedicated to anybody? No, it was a generalization. 'A Most Disgusting Song' is like that, too. — Sixto Rodriguez Crucify Copy Share Image
