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" That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me. "
Robbie Robertson
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" 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. "
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" I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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'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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" I really have to feel a sense of freedom in my storytelling. "
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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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" If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes. "
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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'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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" Working on 'The Last Waltz' introduced me to Martin Scorsese, and I had been a movie bug since I was a young kid. "
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" My mother is extraordinary. She understood me and never tried to hold me back. "
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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.' "
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