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I really have to feel a sense of freedom in my storytelling. — Robbie Robertson

Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?' — Robbie Robertson

Cowboys had guitars. And they sang country 'cause they lived in the country. — Robbie Robertson

Some music is supposed to be disposable; that's OK. A lot of music is fun for today, but it isn't supposed to be timeless; it's supposed to be trendy. — Robbie Robertson

Everybody grows in their own way. — Robbie Robertson

There's a thing that has happened in the U.S. where the spirit has been beaten so badly and so you feel no unity in the voice of the country. — Robbie Robertson

I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie. — Robbie Robertson

There's something so healthy about young people speaking up in unity. — Robbie Robertson

One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band. — Robbie Robertson

I don't like overt traditionalism. — Robbie Robertson

I could never be a movie star and get up at 7:30 to be at someone else's studio. — Robbie Robertson

Music should never be harmless. — Robbie Robertson

I think, some countries, you have to be dead to have your picture on a stamp. — Robbie Robertson

The direction is going the right way for respect for aboriginal people in North America, and all we can do is stand up and say, 'Please do it faster.' — Robbie Robertson

I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry. — Robbie Robertson

If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes. — Robbie Robertson

Musical revolutions, I don't know how many I've been through. — Robbie Robertson

Making a noise in this world making a noise in this world you can bet your ass, I won't go quietly making a noise in this world. — Robbie Robertson

Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow. — Robbie Robertson

I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar player and some other guys. — Robbie Robertson

I'm always optimistic. — Robbie Robertson

That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me. — Robbie Robertson

When you make a record, your own record, and you don't even recognize it yourself, it's hard to think if anybody else is going to recognize. — Robbie Robertson

My mother is extraordinary. She understood me and never tried to hold me back. — Robbie Robertson

The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis. — Robbie Robertson

I never really had a teenage experience. I went from childhood to maturity, and in some ways, it short-circuited me emotionally. — Robbie Robertson

I don't believe it's all for nothing. It's not just written in the sand. — Robbie Robertson

I think the world of Chuck Berry. — Robbie Robertson

I come from a family who prided themselves, both sides, on memory. And I was told growing up, constantly, that I was born with a really good memory. — Robbie Robertson

It's a bit of a sore spot, the Thanksgiving in Indian country. — Robbie Robertson

I try not to think the song to death. The main criteria is if it's working on an emotional level. — Robbie Robertson

Once you establish a foundation of knowing what the greatest recording artists of all time were ... Wouldn't you want your kids to know this stuff? — Robbie Robertson

I asked Bob Dylan to paint the album cover for 'Music from Big Pink.' He said, 'Yeah, let me see what I can come up with.' — Robbie Robertson

It's easy to be a genius in your twenties. In your forties, it's difficult. — Robbie Robertson

The kid at 9 or 10 who knows who Billie Holiday is ... that's the coolest thing ever. — Robbie Robertson

I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.' — Robbie Robertson

Sixteen years on the road is long enough. Twenty years is unthinkable. — Robbie Robertson

I was a storyteller for The Band. It was never, 'Hey guys, here's a song about what happened to me.' I was always more comfortable writing fiction. — Robbie Robertson

In Americana, the facts and the dreams seem to be all the same to me. — Robbie Robertson

In a lot of groups, you can change a musician, and it doesn't mean anything. — Robbie Robertson

Time is not kind to everything. — Robbie Robertson

I don't want to be one of those people saying, 'Remember when things were better?' — Robbie Robertson

Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation. — Robbie Robertson

Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been. — Robbie Robertson

Record making is an extraordinary experience. — Robbie Robertson

A lot of people from my generation can't write songs anymore, or it's really hard and it's an unpleasant experience. I don't feel that way at all. — Robbie Robertson

You never know what could be interesting tomorrow. — Robbie Robertson

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good. — Robbie Robertson

I do not have yearnings to get back on a bus. If it means getting on a bus, I don't want to do it. — Robbie Robertson

You fog the mind, you stir the soul. — Robbie Robertson

I'm not an activist. — Robbie Robertson

People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy. — Robbie Robertson

The Beatles tried to do some tours and found it to be completely pointless and became a non-touring band after that, and with very good reason. — Robbie Robertson

To find a new star in the sky is pretty hard. — Robbie Robertson

When I was younger, I thought I was too young to really be personal. I thought that what I was feeling and thinking might be half-baked. — Robbie Robertson

Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the only one on the list. — Robbie Robertson

I admire those old road dogs, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan. That's their life. — Robbie Robertson

You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared. — Robbie Robertson

I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be. — Robbie Robertson

My mother was a Mohawk, born and raised on a reservation, and when I was a kid, she would take me there to visit her relatives. — Robbie Robertson

Music isn't necessarily made to last, and there's always been disposable music. — Robbie Robertson

Confused by the big city blues, he didn't know who's life he's leading. Put yourself behind the wheel, see if you can get that feel. — Robbie Robertson

I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me. — Robbie Robertson

After the 'Last Waltz' concert, it just seemed very healthy to me to put making a record as far out of my mind as I possibly could. — Robbie Robertson

When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old. — Robbie Robertson

The native music of North America, the original-roots music of this country, is also the underworld music of this country. — Robbie Robertson

By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll. — Robbie Robertson

Working on 'The Last Waltz' introduced me to Martin Scorsese, and I had been a movie bug since I was a young kid. — Robbie Robertson

Boy, do I got some stories to tell. — Robbie Robertson

It's extraordinary that revolutions taking place around the world were sparked by communication on the Internet. — Robbie Robertson

There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing. — Robbie Robertson

Lord please save his soul, he was the king of rock and roll. — Robbie Robertson