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Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson
Canadian Musician
Born: Jul 5, 1943
Always Band Me Music People You
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You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared. Robbie Robertson
You Waiting Stumble Heritage Shared Just Explored Your
I am fascinated by the places that music comes from, like fife-and-drum blues from southern Mississippi or Cajun music out of Lafayette, Louisiana, shape-note singing, old harp singing from the mountains - I love that stuff. It's like the beginning of rock and roll: something comes down from the hills, and something comes up from the delta. Robbie Robertson
Love Music Old Singing Beginning Mountains Down Harp Out Something Delta Stuff Like Mississippi Hills Rock Rock And Roll Am Up Southern Louisiana Roll Blues Places Fascinated
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
Music Me Big See He Come Said Yeah Cover Pink Up Dylan Bob Bob Dylan Asked Paint Album Album Cover
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
Thought Feeling Young Thinking Too Half-Baked Personal Might Younger Really
In a lot of groups, you can change a musician, and it doesn't mean anything. Robbie Robertson
You Change Musician Lot Anything Mean Groups
I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall. Robbie Robertson
Saw Charles Ray Ray Charles Hall
At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is great. These drums, I like these drums... ' They were Indian drums. And I was saying, 'But that guitar. That guitar. Girls are going to like that guitar.' Robbie Robertson
Saying Great Age Guitar Thought Girl Young Indian Wow Pretty Like Drums Were Going Mandolin Young Age Fiddle Cool Thing
Music isn't necessarily made to last, and there's always been disposable music. Robbie Robertson
Music Made Always Been Disposable Necessarily Last
Boy, do I got some stories to tell. Robbie Robertson
Tell Some Boy Got Stories
I think the world of Chuck Berry. Robbie Robertson
World Think Chuck Chuck Berry Berry
It's a bit of a sore spot, the Thanksgiving in Indian country. Robbie Robertson
Thanksgiving Country Bit Indian Sore Spot
If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes. Robbie Robertson
You Better Dancers Those Cry Make Than Fancy Note Notes Then Twenty Play Playing
The Band was rebelling against the rebellion. The rebellion went to a place where it became too obvious, too trendy, like you were just following the pack. So it was our choice to get off the bandwagon - no pun intended - and do things that were in our background and what was the most honest thing to do. Robbie Robertson
You Rebellion Band Too Pun Our Our Choice Trendy Background Following Like Most Obvious Became Were Off Bandwagon Get Intended Just Where Place Pack Against Choice Rebelling Thing Things Honest
By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll. Robbie Robertson
Time London Only Ontario Knew Rock How Rock-N-Roll Roll Who Play By The Time
I don't like overt traditionalism. Robbie Robertson
Like
My thirst for knowledge and experience comes from the idea that once you learned something, it was time to learn something else. I missed out on a formal educational process, so I'm making up for that. Robbie Robertson
Time Knowledge You Experience Else Once Out Something Something Else Idea Missed Learn Learned Making Making Up Educational Up Formal Process Thirst
I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry. Robbie Robertson
Music Me Events Made Somebody Performing Cry Been Where Many Actually
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
Music People Example Big Band Folk Folk Music Kinds Pot Taking Putting New Gospel Ultimate Mixing Up Mountain Blues Them
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
Time You Recording Once Kids All-Time Stuff Know Knowing Greatest Were Artists Establish Want Your Foundation
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
Respect People Faster Please Way Right Way Say Aboriginal Direction Up North North America America Going Stand Stand Up Right
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
Guitar Band Group Other Guitar Player Some Guys Feel Singer Real Been Where Lucky Player
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
Back Yearnings Get Getting Want Bus Means
The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis. Robbie Robertson
Great Elvis Jimi Hendrix Williams Great Ones Taken Road Buddy Buddy Holly Redding Lot Hank Hank Williams Holly Hendrix
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
Today Christmas You Working Together Together Experience Guitar Band Other Honing Some Like Got Hear Very Bands Craft Just Difference Much Really Working Start
I don't want to be one of those people saying, 'Remember when things were better?' Robbie Robertson
Saying People Better Remember Those Remember When Were Want Things
When you look at that period when Warhol and the Velvets and the Stones were doing things, it was this intersection of art and music. And then it went away. Robbie Robertson
Music Art You Look Period Doing Were Stones Warhol Then Away Things Intersection
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