My Macbook pro wont accept any cd/dvd

I can put any CD in there and it will just spit it back out.
on top of that sometimes it'll even get stuck in there..
But i'm just trying to make a CD with music on it for my brother, and it's giving me this problem. Help??

Sounds like your optical drive may have failed,(since you mention that this happens with all discs) you can take it to an Apple store for a free evaluation, the repair is not very expensive, or you can by an external drive for cheap.
You can try "blowing" it out with a can of moisture free compressed air.
Something like this:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD564ZM/A/apple-usb-superdrive?find=super
All the best

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