105 Quotes by Ry Cooder

Chavez Ravine is the dawn of Chicano consciousness.

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; they lose.

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.

People have all sorts of expectations which you can't meet. Me, I'm so reclusive I stay away from such things as much as I can. I never go anywhere.

The world will always love Cuban music, however it changes.

I didn't come from a very rigid background, where there's a clan or a tribe or a religion.

When I made the first album, I was 24, and at that age, you have nothing to say. I just played the music I loved and tried to do it justice.

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

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