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

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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" 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. "

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

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

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

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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 love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.' "

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" I come from a family who prided themselves, both sides, on memory. And I was told growing up, constantly, that I was born with a really good memory. "

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

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

Robbie Robertson

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

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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. "

Robbie Robertson

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

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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. "

Robbie Robertson

" 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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" In a lot of groups, you can change a musician, and it doesn't mean anything. "

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

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" It's a bit of a sore spot, the Thanksgiving in Indian country. "

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" Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been. "

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

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" You never know what could be interesting tomorrow. "

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" The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis. "

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" 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. "

Robbie Robertson

" 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. "

Robbie Robertson

" 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

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

Robbie Robertson

" I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be. "

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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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