A biography for Sixto Rodriguezhasn’t been written yet.
“I want to be mayor of the world. Don't give me too much money or too much power.”
“All my life, I never gave up on music and though there was a lot of disappointment for some that the commercial thing never happened, it has never been a disappointment for me.”
“I used protest music as a vehicle.”
“I just want to be treated like an ordinary legend.”
“I learned that South Africa is a beautiful country with gorgeous people, and I got to see it from a different perspective than most people do.”
“I don't like litter and blight.”
“I never left music, I just left the music scene.”
“Rock 'n' roll is a crazy world, and it's how things work out you can't predict.”
“I did a lot of heavy-lifting - construction, demolition, that kind of thing. Dusty, dirty work.”
“My entry level has always been pretty high in the music business.”
“I like to say that I do covers of my own songs. And I have about a dozen bands all over the world. That's no exaggeration. I have a South African band, an Australian band, Swedish bands, English bands, American bands. They're all notable musicians, too.”
“I play guitar and I'm always trying to find out the latest kinds of riffs.”
“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.”
“My family, we're indigenous people from San Luis Potosi in Central Mexico. My father moved to Detroit and brought all of us because the automobile companies were paying great wages.”
“Whenever I speak, I talk to the collective consciousness of my audience.”
“Education, information and knowledge are all one.”
“You never throw away your work clothes. There is always something to do in the house.”
“I always had my guitar; I worked at writing some songs. I always played music - in the house. I sang to my daughters, I scribbled down some ideas. Actually I didn't always play music. I did leave it alone for some time too.”
“I love my country. It's just the government I don't trust.”
“I renovate homes and buildings and residences in Detroit.”