Ballads Quote by Ry Cooder Download Open image “I'm a great lover of ballads.” — Ry Cooder ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ballads Great Lover Song
I am a balladeer. People fall in love to ballads, and that is what makes the world go round. — Engelbert Humperdinck Copy Share Image
I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance. — Namie Amuro Copy Share Image
I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people. — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
Maybe you could put it out there that I don't have a built-in dislike of ballads. That was kind of the reputation I had… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
I love ballads. I'm not into fast songs. I love to put my heart and all of my feelings into a song. — Leah LaBelle Copy Share Image
Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark. — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social… — Kenny Rogers Copy Share Image
Dear Music, thank you for being there when no one else was. But please, enough with the ballads for awhile. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To me, ballads are special, because you can have a pop song that’ll be know for three weeks and then you’ll hear nothing else… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I like all of my songs. My wife, however, likes me singing the soulful ballads. — KK 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 Image
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 Image
I had a lot of luck in meeting great musicians who were kind enough to show me things. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
You can play as good as you want, but you have to sing from a place of living. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Music is a treasure hunt. You dig and dig, and sometimes you find something. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I had rather be a Kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same Meeter Ballad-mongers: I had rather heare a Brazen Candlestick turn'd,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance. — Namie Amuro Copy Share Image
I realized that what I was looking for was doing collaborations with other people - people who can play a ballad, rock, jazz. I… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Maybe you could put it out there that I don't have a built-in dislike of ballads. That was kind of the reputation I had… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
On 'Idol,' I understood that everyone wanted to hear my vocals, so I stuck with the ballads. — Jessica Sanchez Copy Share Image
Some of my other heroes around that time were, oddly enough, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole and people like that - I was always more… — William Bell Copy Share Image
People were saying that Southern folk song was dead, that the land that had produced American jazz, the blues, the spirituals, the mountain ballads… — Alan Lomax Copy Share Image
I got a chance to get an actual label. I performed this slow song, this ballad I have. I just remember going to the… — Chris Brown Copy Share Image
My music is a reflection of what I really love to listen to, pop, dance, mid tempo dance and ballads. — RuPaul Copy Share Image
My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
People who listen to my records expect the ballads from me. The rock 'n roll is on there because it's another mode of expression. — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
If we hooked up, he could write me ballads and stuff. You gotta admit, nothing's sexier than a guy who writes music. — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
