"I think that a lot of our older material is kind of stuff to just keep people motivated, keep people up and energized, like they need to be if they're going to be any part of social change movement. But I think lately we've been trying to go more into not so much just sort of saying what we know needs to be said. We also try and ask more questions of people, of our audiences you know, have them ask more questions of themselves. This is another thing that I think happens as one matures as an activist. Ask yourself more questions so you can strategize smarter."

"I think La Peña has had a huge role in developing an audience for Chicano music and spoken word. I mean, I think a lot of the "Chicano groove bands", or whatever you want to call them, that I've seen for the first time I've seen here actually. And then people like Quetzal, and B-Side Players, and you know some of these that are sort of like the groups that are starting to come out as part of this new groove movement, this whole new generation of artists."

"La Peña crowds are cool because like they really enjoy our music, and the rhythm and the flavor of it and everything, but they totally listen to the words. And with us, since we do a lot of spoken word over the music, it's really important to us that people listen. This is one of the places where they do, and it's pretty cool."