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" I've done a fair amount of commercials. I did a bunch of Champion spark plug ads and Levi's and Molson Beer. You wouldn't know it. But some of it's damn good. "

Ry Cooder

Spark

Champion

You

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Always

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" Chavez Ravine is the dawn of Chicano consciousness. "

" I give up on pop music. As far as a commercial entity, as far as pop music goes, I quit; I absolutely throw in the towel. I can't handle it. I can't do it. I can't be what they need you to be. "

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Great

Who

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" I'm a great lover of ballads. "

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" I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it. "

" I like the idea that something happens to everybody who comes to L.A. - whether they are Mexican, Irish, black, or hillbillies. You come here, and you leave all your traditions behind. And since there's no traditions here, you just make one up. "

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Mexican

Leave

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Sound

Need

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