Quotes About Heritage

As a boy, I felt ashamed of being Mexican. I'd say I was Hawaiian.

When you talk about me as a fighter, I like being known as a Mexican fighter. I think 'Mexican' or 'Hispanic' should be mentioned.

I'm an average American. As I joke, I'm the average Mexican American Jewish Italian mayor of the most diverse city in the world.

I have many friends who are both Mexican and Mexican-American and others who, I guess you would say, are somewhere in between. The ironic thing is that all three of those categories often exist inside of the same family.

I still live in Inglewood and have a great relationship with my Mexican family.

I'm not Mexican, and I'm not Central American. I'm from California.

California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music.

On my mom's side I'm Mexican, and my dad is a white dude.

I'm first generation in the country - my family's Mexican.

I can't imagine what this great country would be like if the Mexican Revolution hadn't happened.

I grew up Mexican.

I've got that Mexican blood in me.

Everyone who thinks I'm not Mexican simply because I was born in the United States is wrong.

I'm Mexican, and we do a lot of singing, and it was my brother's guitar that I'd practice on, and he would say, 'Who's that playing my guitar?'

I'm an authentic Mexican.

I could always talk about being a Latino and having a Mexican mom and a Honduran dad and being from Honduras. That was always an easy go-to place. But on the other hand, it was a crutch.

It doesn't really matter what ethnicity you are, but I love that I'm bringing light to not only my Mexican side but also my Italian side.

Us Mexicans - we love boxing.

My bajo sexto, a big Mexican acoustic guitar, comes from a shop in L.A. run by three generations of Mexicans.

Mexico and the U.S. are bound not only because of the common border, but by a shared culture and history.

I wanted the music to sound, like, made in Mexico. I wanted to connect to my roots.

Both my parents came into the United States from Mexico.

My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food.

My father came here from Mexico.