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" I admire those old road dogs, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan. That's their life. "
Robbie Robertson
Those
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Dogs
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" 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
Play
Last
Got
" 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
Style
Beauty
Guitar
" It's easy to be a genius in your twenties. In your forties, it's difficult. "
Robbie Robertson
Genius
Your
Difficult
" My mother is extraordinary. She understood me and never tried to hold me back. "
Robbie Robertson
Me
Mother
Never
" 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
Healthy
Far
Last
" 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
New York
Easy
Got
" 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. "
Robbie Robertson
Never
Band
Song
" When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to meet Buddy Holly. I asked him how he got that big, powerful sound out of his guitar amp. He said, 'I blew a speaker and decided not to get it fixed.' "
Robbie Robertson
Guitar
Powerful
Opportunity
" People think I left The Band and spoiled this whole thing, and that's not what happened. Nobody broke up The Band. Nobody ever said, 'That's it, we're done.' "
Robbie Robertson
Said
People
Band
" I've been really fortunate that I've been at a lot of critical crossroads in my musical journey. When I look back, there are some pretty interesting things to look at. "
Robbie Robertson
Back
Interesting
Journey
" 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. "
Robbie Robertson
Storm
You
Lost
" Everybody grows in their own way. "
Robbie Robertson
Grows
Everybody
Way
" That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me. "
Robbie Robertson
Know
Interest
How
" I think, some countries, you have to be dead to have your picture on a stamp. "
Robbie Robertson
Your
You
Think
" Musical revolutions, I don't know how many I've been through. "
Robbie Robertson
Through
How
Know
" Sixteen years on the road is long enough. Twenty years is unthinkable. "
Robbie Robertson
Years
Enough
Long
" Do you know what a skin walker is? It's a thing in Indian mythology. There are certain people born with this gift, and they're able to actually get inside you and mess with your feelings and with your mind. And if a skin walker chooses to get a hold of you, there's not much you can do. "
Robbie Robertson
Know
Mind
You
" I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall. "
Robbie Robertson
Saw
Ray Charles
Ray
" The kid at 9 or 10 who knows who Billie Holiday is... that's the coolest thing ever. "
Robbie Robertson
Kid
Ever
Holiday
" I'm always optimistic. "
Robbie Robertson
Optimistic
Always
" By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll. "
Robbie Robertson
Rock
Roll
Only
" 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
Experience
Feel
Generation
" 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. "
Robbie Robertson
Live
World
History
" 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
Stand Up
America
Respect
" Boy, do I got some stories to tell. "
Robbie Robertson
Some
Stories
Tell
" 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
Hot
Great
Always
" Record making is an extraordinary experience. "
Robbie Robertson
Experience
Making
Extraordinary
" Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the only one on the list. "
Robbie Robertson
Heritage
American
Music
" I could never be a movie star and get up at 7:30 to be at someone else's studio. "
Robbie Robertson
Up
Studio
Get
" Cowboys had guitars. And they sang country 'cause they lived in the country. "
Robbie Robertson
Cause
Lived
Had