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I admire those old road dogs,...

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

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

I love traditional music. But...

I love traditional music. But in any culture around the world, there is the historic and cultural music and everything that's been passed down and passed down, and hopefully you take that, and then you take it, you know, the next distance, and then somebody else takes it the next distance.

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

If I can play one note and ma...

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

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

I do not have yearnings to ge...

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 54 quotes

I wanted to develop a guitar ...

I wanted to develop a guitar style where phrases and lines get there just in the nick of time, like with Curtis Mayfield and Steve Cropper. Subtleties mean so much, and there is a stunning beauty in them.

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

I remember from my earliest y...

I remember from my earliest years people speaking, you know, in a certain kind of rhythm and telling stories and sharing experiences in a way that was different in Indian country than it was other places. And I was really struck by this and obviously very affected by it, because it's always come out in my songs.

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

I feel so lucky to have been ...

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 54 quotes

The road has taken a lot of t...

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

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

Some bands today have the exp...

Some bands today have the experience of really working together and honing their craft. And other bands are very much like, 'I just got a guitar for Christmas, let's start a band.' And you can hear the difference.

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

I always like to keep one han...

I always like to keep one hand in the tepee and the other hand in the synagogue. Wouldn't it be great if there was a combination of the two? You could go to synagogue, and it would be really hot in there.

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

The Band is probably the ulti...

The Band is probably the ultimate example of people taking all kinds of music, from gospel to blues to mountain music to folk music to on and on and on and on and putting them all in this big pot and mixing up a new gumbo.

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

Once you establish a foundati...

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 54 quotes

Confused by the big city blue...

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 54 quotes

The Beatles tried to do some ...

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 54 quotes

There's a bookstore in New Yo...

There's a bookstore in New York where you could buy scripts, and I got addicted to them because they were easy, quick reads and the pictures were so vivid.

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

While I was there, I was just...

While I was there, I was just gathering images and names, and ideas and rhythms, and I was storing all of these things - which I didn't realize I was doing - but I was storing them all in an attic in my mind somewhere. And when it was time to sit down and write songs, when I reached into the attic to see what I was gonna write about, that's what was there.

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

For years after 'The Last Wal...

For years after 'The Last Waltz,' I got all kinds of silly movie offers - or, maybe, not silly, but parts that are not my calling lots of offers to play some wonderful boyfriend.

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

The rock concert experience f...

The rock concert experience for people was really pretty stupid, you know, at the time. People would go to concerts not with the idea of listening at all.

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

I don't believe it's all for ...

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

Robbie Robertson 54 quotes

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 54 quotes

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