Always Quote by Cheech Marin

The story of my life is the Chicano experience personified.

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences.

— Gary Soto

You have to want to be Chicano to be Chicano.

— Cheech Marin

Don't ever insult a Chicano about being a Chicano because then all the other Chicanos will be on you with a vengeance. They will…

— Cheech Marin

There are some Chicanos who don't want to be Chicanos - they want to be Mexican-American, Hispanic, or even Spanish.

— Cheech Marin

The word 'Chicano' was originally a derisive term from Mexicans to other Mexicans living in the United States.

— Cheech Marin

To me, you have to declare yourself a Chicano in order to be a Chicano. That makes a Chicano a Mexican-American with a defiant…

— Cheech Marin

I went to a high school that specialized in art and design, and I had a teacher there who was Mexican and exposed us…

— Quinta Brunson

Being of Puerto Rican descent, but born in Connecticut, I have always had an awareness of my Hispanic heritage, and like many students, struggled…

— Miguel Cardona

I'm Latino, progressive, and I have deep roots in the working class - my father was a bracero, a guest farmworker and cook, and…

— Jimmy Gomez

I could always talk about being a Latino and having a Mexican mom and a Honduran dad and being from Honduras. That was always…

— Carlos Mencia

I was always pretty interested in my history. Not just the history of the Caribbean, the history of my people, but all walks of…

— Viv Richards