Ry Cooder Quotes
You have to be able to improvise and respond to what's going on around you. Then you might get a good piece of work done.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.
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I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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Because many of us have been in game shows for some time, there's always someone around who can share a story of Johnny O or Jay Stewart that I never heard.
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You can be romantically interested in someone and love them and still, I think, be really interested in things and a certain lifestyle that person might provide.
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I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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I'm just a citizen of the world.
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T.V. found me. I was offered jobs. It came in handy when I started having babies. Just one night's work, and then I could go home. I loved 'Surprise Surprise', but it was hard work. 'Blind Date' was a doddle by comparison.
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You have to be able to improvise and respond to what's going on around you. Then you might get a good piece of work done.
