Rocks Quote by Sixto Rodriguez

“You either live under a rock or you walk in the sunshine. That’s pretty much how it goes.”

Sixto Rodriguez

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Every 20 years or so, I feel that young people confront the same issues - a new war, new challenges.

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I've only written 30 songs or something. Dylan's written over 500 songs. There's no comparison. He's the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll and popular music.

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All my life, I never gave up on music and though there was a lot of disappointment for some that the commercial thing never…

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How much of you is repetition?

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I have a sloppy style of playing guitar. A percussive style. Unique in fact.

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About love, don't be a silent partner. And be gentle with your anger.

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I stopped chasing the music dream back in '74.

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I've had such an ordinary life.

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I did a lot of heavy-lifting - construction, demolition, that kind of thing. Dusty, dirty work.

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I loved the Woody Guthrie tradition of speaking about what's happening to the country.

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Where other people live in an artificial world, I feel I live in the real world. And nothing beats reality.

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I used protest music as a vehicle.

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