Robbie Robertson quotes - page 2

Boy, do I got some stories to tell. (Robbie Robertson)
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. View quote
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I really have to feel a sense of freedom in my storytelling. View quote
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I think the world of Chuck Berry. View quote
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There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing. View quote
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I'm really lucky because I found myself in a position where I can do whatever I want to do. I can make records, produce records, make movies, or I can do nothing. I'm not a slave to the dollar. View quote
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Musical revolutions, I don't know how many I've been through. View quote
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I play guitar quite a bit, because I'm always in search of something. I don't play to jam, but because I'm fishing. I'm looking for something, that I hope you can never find. If I do find it, I'm afraid I won't have a need to do this any more. View quote
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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. View quote
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We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good. View quote
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If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes. (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. View quote
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Most of my younger Native American friends are not in any way looking for sympathy, and they're not looking to lay guilt on anybody. They have their dignity, and they do what they do. View quote
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By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll. View quote
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I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie. View quote
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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. View quote
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Working on 'The Last Waltz' introduced me to Martin Scorsese, and I had been a movie bug since I was a young kid. View quote
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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? View quote
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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. View quote
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That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me. View quote
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Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?' (Robbie Robertson)

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson - Image
Photo: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: Canadian Musician
Born: July 5, 1943
Died: August 9, 2023
Quotes count: 46