I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
Music is a treasure hunt. You dig and dig, and sometimes you find something. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
I think all the music I do, which ties together, as far as I'm concerned, is fun and entertaining. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
On any given day, if I play the guitar, I can put myself somewhere. I always thought, 'This is the way you… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
When I was little, 4 or 5 years old, the first guitar I had was given to me by a blacklisted violinist… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
All I know is, I play the guitar, beat it out, and sing a song that has some damn resonance that we… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
I got a reputation for being 'eclectic' or some damn thing like that, but to me, the different kinds of music I… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
You can make records from now 'til doomsday, and there are something like 50,000 records released every year, but the public gets… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
Uncle Dave Macon was a great balladeer and banjo player from the early part of the 19th century... He would take a… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
If every song is in the past tense, that's a drag, so you have to predict the future. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
Critics don't sell records, unfortunately. No one reads what they write anyway. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
I got a reputation for being 'eclectic' or some damn thing like that, but to me, the different kinds of music I play are… — Ry Cooder Copy Share
The '50s was the golden age of music all over the world for some crazy, 'X-File'-like reason I can't quite understand. — Ry Cooder Copy Share
I had a lot of luck in meeting great musicians who were kind enough to show me things. — Ry Cooder Copy Share
You can play as good as you want, but you have to sing from a place of living. — Ry Cooder Copy Share
I give up on pop music. As far as a commercial entity, as far as pop music goes, I quit; I absolutely throw in… — Ry Cooder Copy Share
The story of American pop music is the story of failure. The blues, country music, it's not the story of success. People don't win;… — Ry Cooder Copy Share
If you're white working with non-white people, you will be branded as a colonialist by some people, regardless of your efforts or intentions. — Ry Cooder Copy Share
On any given day, if I play the guitar, I can put myself somewhere. I always thought, 'This is the way you go.' It's… — Ry Cooder Copy Share
I always have felt that most people don't have the first idea about what musicians, in the traditional sense - I don't mean in… — Ry Cooder Copy Share
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… — Ry Cooder Copy Share
The Delmore Brothers is hit music - very, very popular - and it still retains that rural flavor and simplicity. I always think of… — Ry Cooder Copy Share
