Robbie Robertson

The rock concert experience for people was really pretty stupid, you know, at the time. People would go to concerts not with…

— Robbie Robertson

The Band is probably the ultimate example of people taking all kinds of music, from gospel to blues to mountain music to…

— Robbie Robertson

There's a bookstore in New York where you could buy scripts, and I got addicted to them because they were easy, quick…

— Robbie Robertson

I come from a family who prided themselves, both sides, on memory. And I was told growing up, constantly, that I was…

— Robbie Robertson

After the 'Last Waltz' concert, it just seemed very healthy to me to put making a record as far out of my…

— Robbie Robertson

I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music... the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When…

— Robbie Robertson

I'm really lucky because I found myself in a position where I can do whatever I want to do. I can make…

— Robbie Robertson

I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when…

— Robbie Robertson

Some music is supposed to be disposable; that's OK. A lot of music is fun for today, but it isn't supposed to…

— Robbie Robertson

I play guitar quite a bit, because I'm always in search of something. I don't play to jam, but because I'm fishing.…

— Robbie Robertson

I don't know - it's a bit of a mystery of how things come about when they do. I don't have a…

— Robbie Robertson

My mother was a Mohawk, born and raised on a reservation, and when I was a kid, she would take me there…

— Robbie Robertson

Confused by the big city blues, he didn't know who's life he's leading. Put yourself behind the wheel, see if you can…

— Robbie Robertson

When I was younger, I thought I was too young to really be personal. I thought that what I was feeling and…

— Robbie Robertson

Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may…

— Robbie Robertson

Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got into music. That Louis Jordan…

— Robbie Robertson

I wanted to develop a guitar style where phrases and lines get there just in the nick of time, like with Curtis…

— Robbie Robertson

My mother told me when I was a toddler and in the crib that they would have music playing, and the thing…

— Robbie Robertson

My thirst for knowledge and experience comes from the idea that once you learned something, it was time to learn something else.…

— Robbie Robertson

Once you establish a foundation of knowing what the greatest recording artists of all time were... Wouldn't you want your kids to…

— Robbie Robertson

When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to meet Buddy Holly. I asked him how he got that big,…

— Robbie Robertson

For years after 'The Last Waltz,' I got all kinds of silly movie offers - or, maybe, not silly, but parts that…

— Robbie Robertson

making a noise in this world making a noise in this world you can bet your ass, I won't go quietly making…

— Robbie Robertson