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" I thought of a lot of people from the same era when I was making a lot of records that had continued making a lot of records. A lot of it didn't seem terribly inspired. "

Robbie Robertson

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" 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.' "

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

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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.' "

" 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. "

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

" We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good. "

" 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. "

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

Robbie Robertson

Maturity

Childhood

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

" My mother was a Mohawk, born and raised on a reservation, and when I was a kid, she would take me there to visit her relatives. "

" 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.' "

" I'm not an activist. "

Robbie Robertson

Activist

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie. "

" 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. "

" I love traditional music. But in any culture around the world, there is the historic and cultural music and everything that's been passed down and passed down, and hopefully you take that, and then you take it, you know, the next distance, and then somebody else takes it the next distance. "

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

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