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

Robbie Robertson

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" My mother is extraordinary. She understood me and never tried to hold me back. "

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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. "

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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. "

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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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" 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.' "

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" 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.' "

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" 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. "

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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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" Everybody grows in their own way. "

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" That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me. "

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

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" Musical revolutions, I don't know how many I've been through. "

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" Sixteen years on the road is long enough. Twenty years is unthinkable. "

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" 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. "

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" I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall. "

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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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" I'm always optimistic. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" Boy, do I got some stories to tell. "

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" 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. "

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" Record making is an extraordinary experience. "

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" 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. "

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

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