Cheech Marin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The word 'Chicano' was originally a derisive term from Mexicans to other Mexicans living in the United States.”

“There are some Chicanos who don't want to be Chicanos - they want to be Mexican-American, Hispanic, or even Spanish.”

“Well, sometimes you need the fields to lie fallow in order to gain nutrients.”

“As much as I loved Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Don Newcombe, I loved watching Willie Mays play more than all of them combined, even if he played for the 'bad guys!'”

“What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that's a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing.”

“Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and we won!”

“If there is one phrase or action that every person on the planet would like to erase from his or her memory or have the chance to undo, it would be, 'Let's do it again.'”

“I was part of the draft resistance movement in L.A. where we did demonstrations at the draft centre and burned our cards and made a lot of trouble on campus. I had a student classification and they said that anybody who'd taken part in these demonstrations would be reclassified and drafted. And that's when I went to Canada.”

“Every kid that goes to Catholic school believes he's going to be a priest one day.”

“I lived in an all-black neighborhood, followed by an all-white one, and other kids in the always called me Mexican in both neighborhoods.”