Author: Ry Cooder

Quotes

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

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 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

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

If every song is in the past tense, that's a drag, so you have to predict the future.

If every song is in the past tense, that's a drag, so you have to predict the future.

- Ry Cooder

Film work is a job I like to do because I really love to solve problems.

Film work is a job I like to do because I really love to solve problems.

- 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

What kills music in films is when it's done as performance, drawing attention to the fact that someone's in the background playing it.

What kills music in films is when it's done as performance, drawing attention to the fact that someone's in the background playing it.

- Ry Cooder

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

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

- Ry Cooder

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