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Robbie Robertson quotes: I really have to feel a sense of freedom in my storytelling. I really have to feel a sense of freedom in my storytelling.
Robbie Robertson quotes: Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?' Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'
Robbie Robertson quotes: Cowboys had guitars. And they sang country 'cause they lived in the country. Cowboys had guitars. And they sang country 'cause they lived in the country.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Everybody grows in their own way. Everybody grows in their own way.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie. I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie.
Robbie Robertson quotes: There's something so healthy about young people speaking up in unity. There's something so healthy about young people speaking up in unity.
Robbie Robertson quotes: One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band. One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band.
Robbie Robertson quotes: I don't like overt traditionalism. I don't like overt traditionalism.
Robbie Robertson quotes: I could never be a movie star and get up at 7:30 to be at someone else's studio. I could never be a movie star and get up at 7:30 to be at someone else's studio.
Robbie Robertson quotes: Music should never be harmless. Music should never be harmless.
Robbie Robertson quotes: I think, some countries, you have to be dead to have your picture on a stamp. I think, some countries, you have to be dead to have your picture on a stamp.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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.' 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 quotes: I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry. I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry.
Robbie Robertson quotes: If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes. If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes.
Robbie Robertson quotes: Musical revolutions, I don't know how many I've been through. Musical revolutions, I don't know how many I've been through.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow. Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I'm always optimistic. I'm always optimistic.
Robbie Robertson quotes: That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me. That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: My mother is extraordinary. She understood me and never tried to hold me back. My mother is extraordinary. She understood me and never tried to hold me back.
Robbie Robertson quotes: The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis. The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis.
Robbie Robertson quotes: I never really had a teenage experience. I went from childhood to maturity, and in some ways, it short-circuited me emotionally. I never really had a teenage experience. I went from childhood to maturity, and in some ways, it short-circuited me emotionally.
Robbie Robertson quotes: I don't believe it's all for nothing. It's not just written in the sand. I don't believe it's all for nothing. It's not just written in the sand.
Robbie Robertson quotes: I think the world of Chuck Berry. I think the world of Chuck Berry.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: It's a bit of a sore spot, the Thanksgiving in Indian country. It's a bit of a sore spot, the Thanksgiving in Indian country.
Robbie Robertson quotes: I try not to think the song to death. The main criteria is if it's working on an emotional level. I try not to think the song to death. The main criteria is if it's working on an emotional level.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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? 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 quotes: 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.' 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 quotes: It's easy to be a genius in your twenties. In your forties, it's difficult. It's easy to be a genius in your twenties. In your forties, it's difficult.
Robbie Robertson quotes: The kid at 9 or 10 who knows who Billie Holiday is ... that's the coolest thing ever. The kid at 9 or 10 who knows who Billie Holiday is ... that's the coolest thing ever.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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.' 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 quotes: Sixteen years on the road is long enough. Twenty years is unthinkable. Sixteen years on the road is long enough. Twenty years is unthinkable.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: In Americana, the facts and the dreams seem to be all the same to me. In Americana, the facts and the dreams seem to be all the same to me.
Robbie Robertson quotes: In a lot of groups, you can change a musician, and it doesn't mean anything. In a lot of groups, you can change a musician, and it doesn't mean anything.
Robbie Robertson quotes: Time is not kind to everything. Time is not kind to everything.
Robbie Robertson quotes: I don't want to be one of those people saying, 'Remember when things were better?' I don't want to be one of those people saying, 'Remember when things were better?'
Robbie Robertson quotes: Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation. Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.
Robbie Robertson quotes: Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been. Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.
Robbie Robertson quotes: Record making is an extraordinary experience. Record making is an extraordinary experience.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: You never know what could be interesting tomorrow. You never know what could be interesting tomorrow.
Robbie Robertson quotes: We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: You fog the mind, you stir the soul. You fog the mind, you stir the soul.
Robbie Robertson quotes: I'm not an activist. I'm not an activist.
Robbie Robertson quotes: People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy. People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: To find a new star in the sky is pretty hard. To find a new star in the sky is pretty hard.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I admire those old road dogs, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan. That's their life. I admire those old road dogs, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan. That's their life.
Robbie Robertson quotes: You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared. You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.
Robbie Robertson quotes: I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be. I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Music isn't necessarily made to last, and there's always been disposable music. Music isn't necessarily made to last, and there's always been disposable music.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me. I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.
Robbie Robertson quotes: 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. 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 quotes: When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old. When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old.
Robbie Robertson quotes: The native music of North America, the original-roots music of this country, is also the underworld music of this country. The native music of North America, the original-roots music of this country, is also the underworld music of this country.
Robbie Robertson quotes: By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll. By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll.
Robbie Robertson quotes: Working on 'The Last Waltz' introduced me to Martin Scorsese, and I had been a movie bug since I was a young kid. 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 quotes: Boy, do I got some stories to tell. Boy, do I got some stories to tell.
Robbie Robertson quotes: It's extraordinary that revolutions taking place around the world were sparked by communication on the Internet. It's extraordinary that revolutions taking place around the world were sparked by communication on the Internet.
Robbie Robertson quotes: There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing. There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing.
Robbie Robertson quotes: Lord please save his soul, he was the king of rock and roll. Lord please save his soul, he was the king of rock and roll.

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