Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

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

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

My entry level has always been pretty high in the music business.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

I live below my means. I think that's a good discipline because you never can tell.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

You want to know the secret of life? It is to breathe in and out. And the mystery of life? You never know when it is going to end.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

I'm not getting old, I'm getting dead.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

I've always covered some Dylan songs. I do one or two. And I do them because they're great songs. You know some people cover songs they wish they could have written, not me. I like to cover songs I know I could not have ever written.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

Whenever I speak, I talk to the collective consciousness of my audience.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

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

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

I'm a worker, but I think that all workers get an idea of what to do to get free. Any kind of bondage, even economic bondage, is slavery.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

You can't get around certain stuff, whether it's in Darfur or on your block at home. What makes us political is your home turf, your family, your life space. You walk down the street, and automatically a human being is territorial, and political happens in that.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

Musicians want to be heard. So I'm not hiding. But I do like to leave it there onstage and be myself, in that sense. Because some people carry it with them.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

I don't necessarily want a higher education, I want a wider education. I want to know everything and experience everything.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

There are no guarantees in the music field. There's a lot of rejection, a lot of criticism and a lot of disappointment. You have to be prepared for that. And after 1973, it just wasn't happening for me.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

Education, information and knowledge are all one.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

I renovate homes and buildings and residences in Detroit.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

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

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

I used protest music as a vehicle.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

There are beautiful songs people write about love and dancing. But it's political issues that should be addressed.

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

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

Sixto Rodriguez
Sixto Rodriguez

Rock 'n' roll is a crazy world, and it's how things work out you can't predict.