Am Quote by Cheech Marin

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

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

When you talk about me as a fighter, I like being known as a Mexican fighter. I think 'Mexican' or 'Hispanic' should be mentioned.

— Cain Velasquez

I was interested in a lot of subjects from very early on. And that's uniquely Chicano because every Chicano I knew always had three…

— Cheech Marin

I'm not trying to prove how Mexican I am or how American I am. I'm proud to be both.

— Mark Sanchez

I'm an authentic Mexican.

— Julio Cesar Chavez Sr

You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why?…

— Carlos Fuentes

The term Hispanic, coined by technomarketing experts and by the designers of political campaigns, homogenizes our cultural diversity (Chicanos, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans become…

— Guillermo Gomez-Pena