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" 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

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" 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. "

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" There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing. "

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" 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. "

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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 don't know - it's a bit of a mystery of how things come about when they do. I don't have a scientific explanation for it. Sometimes when you're writing a song, you don't know where you're going. "

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" You never know what could be interesting tomorrow. "

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" People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy. "

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" 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. "

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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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" There's something so healthy about young people speaking up in unity. "

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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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" 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. "

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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. "

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" I don't like overt traditionalism. "

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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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" 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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" Cowboys had guitars. And they sang country 'cause they lived in the country. "

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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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" Everybody grows in their own way. "

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" The kid at 9 or 10 who knows who Billie Holiday is... that's the coolest thing ever. "

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

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

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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. "

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" A lot of times when you're making a record, you put your head down and charge forward until you're done. You just hope that the ideas hold up, because you're kind of lost in your own storm. "

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