Bill Medley

Every so often, if I'm in a melancholy mood, I'll sing 'Desperado' in my shows. I'll sit alone at the piano and play it as a solo. The song feels like an old friend - except now it's saying, 'You were a desperado once, but you worked your way out of it.

American Musician

Dave Itzkoff

Where would heist movies be without the Big Score - that payoff so irresistible it can lure the most jaded desperado out of hiding?

American Journalist

Benjamin Disraeli

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.

British Statesman

Desperado often implies a sense of danger and unpredictability linked to characters in Western films.

Negative Aura

'Desperado' is usually associated with historical or romanticized outlaws, not modern criminals.

Not Modern

In American culture, a desperado can symbolize the rebellious and untamed spirit of the Old West.