Song Quotes by Ry Cooder

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

— Ry Cooder

Bad music can make you weak.

— Ry Cooder

Musicians are not so concerned with language.

— Ry Cooder

I'm a great lover of ballads.

— Ry Cooder

Musicians communicate in other ways. That's just something you rely on.

— Ry Cooder

I think all the music I do, which ties together, as far as I'm concerned, is fun and entertaining.

— Ry Cooder

To me, the essence of the music is the most important thing.

— Ry Cooder

Music creates complicity, and then you feel less isolated.

— Ry Cooder

Music is a treasure hunt. You dig and dig, and sometimes you find something.

— Ry Cooder

It's crazy to make records nobody buys. It's just a waste of time.

— Ry Cooder

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

— Ry Cooder

If something grooves and you like the sound, then that's all you need.

— Ry Cooder

When I was little, 4 or 5 years old, the first guitar I had was given to me by a blacklisted violinist…

— Ry Cooder

On any given day, if I play the guitar, I can put myself somewhere. I always thought, 'This is the way you…

— Ry Cooder

I got a reputation for being 'eclectic' or some damn thing like that, but to me, the different kinds of music I…

— Ry Cooder

All I know is, I play the guitar, beat it out, and sing a song that has some damn resonance that we…

— Ry Cooder

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

Uncle Dave Macon was a great balladeer and banjo player from the early part of the 19th century... He would take a…

— Ry Cooder

Critics don't sell records, unfortunately. No one reads what they write anyway.

— Ry Cooder

Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough.

— Ry Cooder

Musicians understand each other through means other that speaking.

— Ry Cooder

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

— Ry Cooder

'Buena Vista Social Club' is a great song and a difficult tune to play.

— Ry Cooder

When the real world intrudes on your musical fantasies, I get put out.

— Ry Cooder