Chavela Vargas Quotes

I've never even been to bed with a man. Never. That's how pure I am; I have nothing to be ashamed of. My gods made me the way I am.

Frida Kahlo taught me a lot without ever bragging about anything.

I had to fight to be me and get respect, and to carry that stigma, for me, is pride. Carrying the tag of lesbian. I'm not bragging, I'm not preaching, but I don't deny it . I had to face society, the Church, which says damn gay people ... it's absurd. How do you judge someone who has been born that way. I did not study to be a lesbian. Neither was it taught to me. I was born this way. Since I opened my eyes to the world. I've never slept with a man. Never. I'm pure, I don't have to be ashamed ... My Gods made me so.

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

When you like something, you should do it all night long.

What hurts is not being homosexual, but they tell it in your face as if you were a plague.

I was never afraid of anything because I never hurt anyone. I was always an old drunk.