Musician

Education, information and knowledge are all one.

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

I've been a candidate for office at least eight times. A couple times for mayor, state representative, city council.

I'm not a visual guy. I'm audio. I'm a musician. I know what I do. I play guitar, and in my category I'm doing O.K.

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

There's no shame in hard work.

Barriers are being brought down by technology through the Internet.

I was ready for the world. I don't think the world was ready for me.

I don't mind going out to do my shows but I can still retreat back into my own private world, you know? And that is very key.

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.

It's an honor and a pleasure to be heard.

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.

There's no blueprint for success in rock'n'roll.

I just want to be treated like an ordinary legend.

I used protest music as a vehicle.

I enjoy room service.

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.

Beware of current truths.

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

Many of us come into the world with a clenched fist, but we all leave with an open hand.