Ry Cooder Quotes

I don't think there's much point in putting me a deep, dark, heavy, emotional film because there are people who do it so much better than I do.

The one thing I loved about blues and soul was the way they taught the world how to express such deep feelings.

I want to be scary, boring, philosophical, funny, touching.

Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.

I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety.

Yes, you've got to sing from the depths of the heart.

I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.

I don't want to hear songs about how sunshiny things are. I don't like songs that feel like radio candy... I like the ones that make you think, laugh or cry - they pull some kind of emotion out of you.

If the film is not emotional, then it operates on a superficial level.

If you can take a piece of life and put it in a song, it's going to be a good song - especially if it's from the heart.

'Birugali Yondige' is a pathos song, but it sounds romantic.

Very honestly, I don't feel 'Munnabhai' is a comedy film. I seriously feel it is a very emotional film.

I wanted to do music that was a little more sentimental, emotional, and serene - completely different from the party music I was doing.

Cacie Dalager's voice is beautiful, and her lyrics break my heart.

For whatever reason, I've always gravitated towards music that feels nostalgic or longing or beautifully tragic.

I've never felt anything that moves me as much as my piano. I'm an emotional player. I don't really like people. I prefer my piano to people. It's totally reliable and it's alive. I can hear what it's saying.

I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues music in that way.

Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance.

The blues - there's no black and white - it's the truth.

You need emotional content.

When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life.

As music becomes more computer-based, it's lost some emotional impact.

Anyone who says he is not emotional is not getting what he should out of life.

My blues are so simple, but so few people can play it right

A sentence is not emotional a paragraph is.