We always played as a family together. . . . Music was what we did to bring smiles to people's faces and tears to their eyes and pay the light bill and whatever.
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The roads are pretty tough. It's a job that you've been blessed that you love doing, but it's hard work.Henry Garza
Dad started playing when he was 8. I've been playing since I was 4 years old and started writing songs when I was about 5. Same thing with Jojo. He was 5 or 6 when he picked up the guitar.
Henry Garza
That kicked off quite a run for Los Lonely Boys. Their accessible, earthy brand of Latin-tinged rock earned rave reviews, with Henry Garza drawing favorable comparisons to Carlos Santana. Heaven ... a dream come true.
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We stood out. Me and my brother JoJo were the only two Mexicans in our whole school, and so was my little brother, in elementary school. We would have people come up to us and say, 'What are you' and we would say, 'Well, what are you We're just human like you' They would just freak out. They thought we were Indians or Arabs or Iranians or something.
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I bought myself a pickup truck, a big one, four doors, with a DVD player for the kids. And I'm proud of it, because to be able to purchase something like that, it's just something we've never been able to do in our family, for generations. But when I bought it, man, I felt like I was stealing something.
Henry Garza
Our music isn't black or white or brown. It comes from the heart, which beats red.
Henry Garza
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