Ry Cooder Quotes

I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!

I throw the best parties.

My wife and I met when each of us was dragged to a party we didn't want to go to by friends. I was coming off a bad injury, but my roommate insisted I get out of the house and be around people. God love our friends; we've been together 20 years now!

I wasn't really an old-time breakdown fiddler.

We had cocktail parties and I'd stay up until 5 in the morning.

I throw 14 parties a week.

Standing around the grill is fine, but I like to have my friends come in and out of the house. Movement makes the party more exciting.

I listen to a lot of old music, like Joni Mitchell and David Bowie.

Bluegrass is really a big part of my background.

I've always wanted to make a bluegrass album.

Music-wise, I listen to everything. Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman - I guess I like a lot of '70s music.

Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it.

Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.

People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass.

I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers.

I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.

Since the beginning, the people of the college and I have agreed that the music of MerleFest is 'traditional plus.'

Elvis used to have parties at his house - and I've told this story a million times - but they weren't really parties, because there was no chips or dip. Just Elvis and his boys watching TV, and him making funny comments, and everybody laughing at them. Is that a party? Not really. But that's Hollywood.

I just really love having dinner parties and hanging out.

I love bluegrass music, I love acoustic music, and I try at the right times to push that a little bit.

I'm really close with Dave Coulier and his wife Melissa. My family and I go over there for barbeques, for dinners, Super Bowl parties.

Bluegrass is in my blood and in my ears.

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.

I got into bluegrass music when I was 14, as a way to get into a band. My brother and I had a band and our own radio show, and that's what was popular.