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- My name is Chaz Bojorquez.
I'm from Los Angeles.
I'm one of the original graffiti
artists started in 1969.
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It was a time where we had
to find a new identity.
I found that identity in the riverbed.
It was a place where
I could be left alone,
writing my letters at night.
It was all broken glass
and we used to call it the
Diamond Studded Highway
because it would shine in the moonlight,
but I would talk to museum curators
and they would yell at me
saying it's gutter art.
It's not a crime. It's art.
LA is unique.
You can be the person
you want in Los Angeles
and the best way to represent
that is through the art.
I am looking forward to the Olympics
because I experienced the last Olympics
and my parents experienced
the Olympics in the 30s,
so it is a continuity of Los Angeles.
The letter 'A' is the 'A' of my style.
The tradition of the cholo,
the big natural square block,
always capital letters,
always done in black.
The legs are firm, the
feet are onto the ground.
The shoulders are solid.
It has style. It has movement.
That's who I am. Where
I'm going is wide open.
I don't expect to stop until I drop.
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