“I've been a candidate for office at least eight times. A couple times ...” — Sixto Rodriguez Quote

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

“The social realism of ' Establishment Blues' or 'Like Janis,' are what I chose to use to express what was happening in the U.S. and what was happening to me personally.”

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

“Barriers are being brought down by technology through the Internet.”

“Music is not a spectator sport, you have to be involved - fully involved - or you get left behind.”

“I've had such an ordinary life.”

“On paper, Emmanuel Macron should be a candidate tailor-made for young voters. He himself is young. He pushes for more entrepreneurship, modernization, and a loosening of regulations that prevent young workers from working as they please when they please.”

“You can't get much more liberal than John Kerry is. I mean, he's my candidate, but, I mean, come on.”

“I would like to do a story where the country found itself a presidential candidate who actually will get elected preaching traditional values and then sets out to enforce them, where it actually comes down to the fact that reality as we know it may not be as etched in stone as we tell ourselves it is.”

“I'm waiting for the candidate who says, 'I'm keeping things exactly the way they are. I like it this way.'”

“When it comes to music, we should be hoping for as outlandish a Republican candidate as we can get.”

“It'll be my luck that the worst candidate will pick up 'Fly Over States' as his election song. Then I'll be forever linked to that guy, whoever he is!”