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" 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

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" Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got into music. That Louis Jordan changed everything and made him want to become a musician. "

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

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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. "

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" My mother told me when I was a toddler and in the crib that they would have music playing, and the thing when I lit up was boogie-woogie or something out of the Louie Jordan period of sometimes big bands, and then all kinds of things. "

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" I really have to feel a sense of freedom in my storytelling. "

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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. "

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

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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? "

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" One of the greatest live recordings, I think, in the history of the world is Ray Charles in Atlanta... And they didn't even have a big mobile recording thing set up. The word on the street was they only had like two microphones, one for the band and one for him. Perfect recordings. I think it's mono. "

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" Music should never be harmless. "

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" 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. "

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

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" I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music... the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When I was 14, I was in a wanna-be New Orleans band in Toronto. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" I'm always optimistic. "

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" 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.' "

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" Record making is an extraordinary experience. "

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

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

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

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

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