Cheech Marin

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

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

I guess one of the ways that karma works is that it finds out what you are most afraid of and then makes that happen eventually. ”

It is surprising how many professional athletes, along with their families and friends, are gaga over movie and music stars, and the reverse is true with entertainers and sports stars. ”

Loyalty and communication are always rewarded in sports. ”

I liked Jackie Robinson because he was cool to watch, not because he was black. Every time you turned around, he was hitting a triple or making a great play in the field or, best of all, stealing home. ”

The very first time I got to drive by myself, I took a bunch of my friends to school and was caught by a motorcycle cop going 90 miles an hour on a back street. ”

I was interested in a lot of subjects from very early on. And that's uniquely Chicano because every Chicano I knew always had three jobs. ”

By the time I discovered Chicano painters in the mid-'80s, I recognized that these guys were really world-class painters, but they weren't getting any attention, which was good in one sense in that I could get their work for cheaper! ”