Quotes by Freddy Fender

About Freddy Fender:

Freddy Fender is best known for his 1975 hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and the subsequent remake of his own "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights."
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I'm one year away from 70 and I've had a good run. I really believe I'm okay.

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

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

Freddy Fender

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

Freddy Fender

I was dreaming I was on the Sullivan Show.

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

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

Freddy Fender

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

Freddy Fender

I was separated from my wife at the time. A lot of people think I wrote it about prison.

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

Author Bio

  • NameFreddy Fender
  • DescriptionAmerican musician
  • BornJune 4, 1937
  • DiedOctober 14, 2006
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Musician