Hopefully I'll be the first Mexican-American going into Hillbilly Heaven.

- Freddy Fender

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, it's about days very wrongly invested in a love affair.

- Freddy Fender

My sister and I were born in San Francisco. When our parents died, we came down here to live with relatives.

- Freddy Fender

I'm a romantic, and we romantics are more sensitive to the way people feel. We love more, and we hurt more. When we're hurt, we hurt for a long time.

- Freddy Fender

In my mind and in my heart, I feel okay. I cannot complain that I haven't lived long enough, but I'd like to live longer.

- Freddy Fender

I'm one year away from 70 and I've had a good run. I really believe I'm okay.

- Freddy Fender

I was dreaming I was on the Sullivan Show.

- Freddy Fender

Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control.

- Freddy Fender