Ry Cooder Quotes

I like to have fun with my videos and performances, that's the most fun part when it comes to the music. I get to show off my character.

Music is my life. I love doing it, so I just do it nonstop all day. And with dancing, I wanted to put on a show for people. I don't want to just be sitting there doing nothing, so that's when I started to dance.

See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million different angles and they're all valid. But I think rock might be a world issue.

What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun.

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years.

Fifty per cent of rock is having a good time.

I've always loved singing. I find it exhilarating.

The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.

Singing is a limitless form of expression, and I love to experiment with my work.

I love DJing, I do. I love everything that comes with it; it's fun and it's kind of glamorous.

I have fun when I'm making music, and I want people to have fun when they listen to it.

I believe in dancing.

It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.

'Proud Mary' was the best song for me to perform because it was so much fun.

I love to dance and sing.

I love to dance. I love to perform. I love to entertain.

Real entertainers love to entertain.

I love to have fun when I do a song.

My lyrical content is all about entertainment.

It's nice just to be able to go out and, basically, be able to play other types of music and not have any pressure to almost explain it and justify why you did. I just do it because I like to have some fun.

I've always liked to dance.

Playing live is great, but it's not a creative thing, really. It's a reproductive thing.

I love experimenting; as a singer, one needs to be versatile.