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I keep my mind on track, and I don't get mad, and I don't get frustrated. Well, I do... but creative work, it's a way of controlling all that. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Some people have career plans, long-range career plans. I don't know anything about that. I'm no good at it. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
I give up on pop music. As far as a commercial entity, as far as pop music goes, I quit; I absolutely throw in the towel. I can't handle it. I can't do it. I can't be what they need you to be. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
People respond to any good you can do in music. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
All I know is, I play the guitar, beat it out, and sing a song that has some damn resonance that we feel as musicians. We send it out and people get it, and that's a good thing. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Having my son on drums has made a huge difference. I can't stress this strongly enough, in terms of the groove space and style that Joachim gave me to instinctively play what I felt in a more free way, rather than feeling constricted. That's true on record and on stage. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
The thing I always found about the gospel music was that it reached further into your being if you like, your mind. It takes hold of you - especially if you sing it and play it. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
I think all the music I do, which ties together, as far as I'm concerned, is fun and entertaining. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
I can't help what people write or think. If somebody thinks I'm a serious archivist, they're wrong. That's been a problem. It's a shame people take that attitude, because it affects how they listen to the music. It's a big mistake to treat any pop music that way. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
R&B and all that stuff was always very spare and spontaneous. Nobody made those records under solid gold situations. It was just in and out, and you didn't labor over the thing. I like music like that. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
People who aren't as interested in recorded music as they used to be will say, 'Oh, 'Buena Vista?' Loved it.' And I'll say, 'Well, how about any of my other recent records. I've been doing some pretty good ones. You like those?' And they go, 'Huh? Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Music creates complicity, and then you feel less isolated. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Politics runs on power and money and on ignorance. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
After all is said and done and institutions fail, people still have some ability to care for each other. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Travelling is hard. I'm no traveller. I hate flying, and I hate hotels. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
A microphone has a certain range. It's not as good as your ears, but it will capture an enclosed space, the harmonic content in a room. Nice old tube mikes do that pretty well. And that's a good sound. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
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	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
With country, it's hard to penetrate the thick layers of commercialism that have been applied like shellac coatings over the real thing. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
I'm a man of peace. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
American global economic imperialism is a fact. It's a known fact. It's a simple fact. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
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	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Film work is a job I like to do because I really love to solve problems. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
I think I'm more relaxed; I think I'm more philosophical. I don't get worried as much as I used to about things. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
I like the idea that something happens to everybody who comes to L.A. - whether they are Mexican, Irish, black, or hillbillies. You come here, and you leave all your traditions behind. And since there's no traditions here, you just make one up. Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago

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