Author: Ry Cooder

Quotes

I toured around for years, but the road was always a drag for me. I never made a dime. In fact, I lost a lot of money - it was horrible.

I toured around for years, but the road was always a drag for me. I never made a dime. In fact, I lost a lot of money - it was horrible.

- Ry Cooder

You go through these phases. That's how life is. Over the long term, you just can't do one thing. I saw that back in the Sixties when I was getting started.

You go through these phases. That's how life is. Over the long term, you just can't do one thing. I saw that back in the Sixties when I was getting started.

- Ry Cooder

I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it.

I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it.

- Ry Cooder

I always thought East L.A. music was so dreamy and languid and kinda greasy.

I always thought East L.A. music was so dreamy and languid and kinda greasy.

- Ry Cooder

I didn't come from a very rigid background, where there's a clan or a tribe or a religion.

I didn't come from a very rigid background, where there's a clan or a tribe or a religion.

- Ry Cooder

Music is fragile: people die, and it's forgotten.

Music is fragile: people die, and it's forgotten.

- Ry Cooder

Music is all starting to sound alike in the modern era. Afro-pop sounds exactly like L.A. pop - there's no difference, no ambience, no real resonance.

Music is all starting to sound alike in the modern era. Afro-pop sounds exactly like L.A. pop - there's no difference, no ambience, no real resonance.

- Ry Cooder

I've done a fair amount of commercials. I did a bunch of Champion spark plug ads and Levi's and Molson Beer. You wouldn't know it. But some of it's damn good.

I've done a fair amount of commercials. I did a bunch of Champion spark plug ads and Levi's and Molson Beer. You wouldn't know it. But some of it's damn good.

- Ry Cooder

It all started back in '69 when I worked with Jack Nitzche on 'Performance.' That was my first experience of doing soundtracks, and I've enjoyed doing them ever since.

It all started back in '69 when I worked with Jack Nitzche on 'Performance.' That was my first experience of doing soundtracks, and I've enjoyed doing them ever since.

- Ry Cooder

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