Freddy Fender Quotes

United States, Musician
June 4, 1937 – October, 14, 2006.

Freddy Fender was a Mexican-American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. He is best known for his 1975 hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and the subsequent remake of his own "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights".

They wanted to start recording rock 'n roll, and thought I had the right voice.

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

Freddy Fender
- Live
- Parents
- Sister

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

Freddy Fender
- Good
- Believe
Hopefully I'll be the first Mexican-American going into Hillbilly Heaven.

Freddy Fender
- American
- Heaven
- Mexican
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
- People
- Time
- Long
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
- Control
- Smile
- Sorry
I was separated from my wife at the time. A lot of people think I wrote it about prison.

Freddy Fender
- People
- Time
- Wife
I was dreaming I was on the Sullivan Show.

Freddy Fender

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

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
- Long
- Live
- Mind