Quotes by Chavela Vargas

About Chavela Vargas:

Isabel Vargas Lizano is also recognized for her contribution to other genres of popular Latin American music. She has been an influential interpreter in the Americas and Europe, muse to figures such as Pedro Almodóvar, hailed for her haunting performances, and called "la voz áspera de la ternura", the rough voice of tenderness. The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, presented her with a Latin GRAMMY Statuette in 2007 after receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of that organization.
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When you like something, you should do it all night long.

Chavela Vargas

Nobody taught me to be like this. I was born this way. Since I opened my eyes to the world, I have never slept with a man. Never. Just imagine what purity. I have nothing to be ashamed of. [2000]

Chavela Vargas

I am a friend of life, at 80 life tells me to behave like a woman and not like an old woman.

Chavela Vargas

Author Bio

  • NameChavela Vargas
  • DescriptionCosta Rican-born Mexican singer
  • BornApril 17, 1919
  • DiedAugust 5, 2012
  • CountryMexico
  • ProfessionStreet Artist; Singer; Musician