Ry Cooder : (5)

" 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

" You have to be able to improvise and respond to what’s going on around you. Then you might get a good piece of work done. " - Ry Cooder

" I wanted to be a car pinstriper, but there was nobody to teach me how to do it. So I said, ‘Music’s good too. I’ll do that maybe, since I can’t work out how to do this pinstriping.’ " - Ry Cooder

" Music creates complicity, and then you feel less isolated. " - Ry Cooder

" I always loved country gospel from back when I was a teenager in high school and started listening to bluegrass quite a lot. " - Ry Cooder