Ry Cooder Quotes

A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.

I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.

An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.

What's cool about making music is when you create a record, it comes from somewhere.

Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.

I learn stuff from making music every time I go in the studio. I'm continuing to try to find new ways to play in a song or be in a song and have a positive impact on a song.

I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.

It's nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have.

We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it.

After Mad Season, I started writing my own music for Pearl Jam and brought it in. 'Given To Fly' came out of that, and so did 'Faithful' - those were on 'Yield,' which came after Mad Season.

I've finally figured out how to make a Rodney Crowell record, and that's let it be, leave the mistakes.

I wrote 'Despacito' with my guitar, but where you can tweak a lot is in the production.

It's rare when you stumble upon this amazing melody. We'd love to make a 'Let Me Love You' every time we go into the studio, but it's definitely a special one.

I think it's down to our songs - we've always made sure every song on every album works.

When I make an album I love to spend a long time making it and put my heart and soul into it.

When I was about 14, I got a tacky keyboard for 250 pounds and put on a drum machine and found I could write a song.

I'm always working on new music.

I'm always working on music.

I'm always working on multiple songs at a time.

I just want to focus on creating more music.

When you're making an album, it's kind of like having a baby. You have to really put everything into it.

I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well.

Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers.

I think that the process of making music is a hard one to describe as well.

A Cat Stevens record isn't just Cat Stevens' ideas. It's Cat Stevens and all the musicians who play with Cat Stevens, right?