Ry Cooder Quotes

An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.

The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

Part of my job is to get out and talk to people. I do that as much as I can.

I love talking to the public, I love hearing what people have got to say.

We will value public engagement.

I think it's important that members of the United States Senate spend time not just on Capitol Hill but making contact with ordinary people and engaging them in the political process.

Consider the public. Never fear it nor despise it. Coax it, charm it, interest it, stimulate it, shock it now and then if you must, make it laugh, make it cry, but above all never, never, never bore the living hell out of it.

Music is cyclical, but I've never thought of the music I make as being so off the wall or left field that it wouldn't always have an audience that would relate to it.

In-person town halls generally require a commitment several weeks in advance - a commitment my office is not prepared to make given the full schedule of the Senate and the duties attendant to service there.

We're promoting the concept of public engagement. It's as much about what clients do as how they say it. It's about being in people's lives, taking on relevant, of-the-moment issues.

With the birth of social media, a film gets left behind if the actors don't go and present their film and energy to the public.

I want people to feel like they have access to Congress, that they have access to government.

We believe that leaders should be following the masses. We only ran in leadership campaigns to get our ideas across, to use it as a platform.

We're constantly looking for ways to reach people in Maine to talk to them, reassure them and share resources and ideas.

I use Facebook on a daily basis to share information about my work in Congress and across our great district. I put information about constituent meetings, video of various Congressional hearings, and share local news stories from around our region.

The audience will find the artist who matches their interests. If you're not being true to yourself, your audience can't find you, because there's a wall up between who you are and who they're seeing.

A lot of organizers are trying to figure out how do we create entrances for people so they can be involved in the work in a way that makes them feel is aligned to the things they're interested in and not the things the organizer is interested in?

Some guys like myself, we like to play off the crowd.

When I'm elected to the Senate, I will continue to meet with all Marylanders, whether we agree on every issue or not.

Initiative and referendum make government more responsive to its citizens, neutralize the power of the special interests and stimulate public involvement in state issues.

The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty.

The immediacy of public interaction is just unbeatable.

I'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office, watching what's happening, and goes, 'This is something that's not our place to decide.' The public needs to decide whether these programs or policies are right or wrong.

I want to open up this palace . A concert will be held. We have invited school classes from socially disadvantaged neighborhoods and Élysée Palace staff and their families. That's 200 people who normally wouldn't have access to this building. Living in a place like this also means sharing it with others.

Whatever your personal political feelings are, if you become involved in them publicly you're bound to come out the loser.