--- title: "10 Band Quotes By Robbie Robertson" description: "10 Band quotes by Robbie Robertson. Plus more from Robbie Robertson and more Band sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/robbie-robertson-5070_band_i-feel-so-lucky-to-have-been-in-a-group_2296080.png" --- > [I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-feel-so-lucky-to-have-been-in-a-group-where-it-was-a-real-band-this/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/robbie-robertson-5070_band_i-feel-so-lucky-to-have-been-in-a-group_2296080.png) > [The Beatles tried to do some tours and found it to be completely pointless and became a non-touring band after that, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/the-beatles-tried-to-do-some-tours-and-found-it-to-be-completely/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/robbie-robertson-5070_band_the-beatles-tried-to-do-some-tours-and-f_2248107.png) > [People think I left The Band and spoiled this whole thing, and that's not what happened. Nobody broke up The Band. Nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/people-think-i-left-the-band-and-spoiled-this-whole-thing-and-that-s/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/robbie-robertson-5070_band_people-think-i-left-the-band-and-spoiled_1849347.png) > [I was a storyteller for The Band. It was never, 'Hey guys, here's a song about what happened to me.' I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-was-a-storyteller-for-the-band-it-was-never-hey-guys-here-s-a-song/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/robbie-robertson-5070_about_i-was-a-storyteller-for-the-band-it-was_1889844.png) > [I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music... the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-ve-always-been-in-love-with-that-delta-flavored-music-the-music/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/robbie-robertson-5070_always_i-ve-always-been-in-love-with-that-delta_912297.png) > [One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/one-of-the-things-i-feel-very-strong-about-is-the-achievement-of-the/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/robbie-robertson-5070_about_one-of-the-things-i-feel-very-strong-abo_2481880.png) > [Some bands today have the experience of really working together and honing their craft. And other bands are very much like, 'I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/some-bands-today-have-the-experience-of-really-working-together-and/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a5/robbie-robertson-5070_band_some-bands-today-have-the-experience-of_657208.png) > [One of the greatest live recordings, I think, in the history of the world is Ray Charles in Atlanta... And they didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/one-of-the-greatest-live-recordings-i-think-in-the-history-of-the/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/robbie-robertson-5070_atlanta_one-of-the-greatest-live-recordings-i-th_1529086.png) > [The Band is probably the ultimate example of people taking all kinds of music, from gospel to blues to mountain music to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/the-band-is-probably-the-ultimate-example-of-people-taking-all-kinds/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/robbie-robertson-5070_band_the-band-is-probably-the-ultimate-exampl_1443278.jpg) > [The Band was rebelling against the rebellion. The rebellion went to a place where it became too obvious, too trendy, like you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/the-band-was-rebelling-against-the-rebellion-the-rebellion-went-to-a/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/robbie-robertson-5070_against_the-band-was-rebelling-against-the-rebel_2685791.jpg) ## Other authors on Band ## More by Robbie Robertson > [I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-think-that-there-s-always-great-music-being-made-always-has-been/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [I think, some countries, you have to be dead to have your picture on a stamp.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-think-some-countries-you-have-to-be-dead-to-have-your-picture-on-a/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [When you look at that period when Warhol and the Velvets and the Stones were doing things, it was this intersection of art and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/when-you-look-at-that-period-when-warhol-and-the-velvets-and-the/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-ve-been-really-fortunate-that-i-ve-been-at-a-lot-of-critical/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/bob-dylan-is-as-influential-as-any-artist-that-there-has-been/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [Lord please save his soul, he was the king of rock and roll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/lord-please-save-his-soul-he-was-the-king-of-rock-and-roll/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [Music should never be harmless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/music-should-never-be-harmless/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [To find a new star in the sky is pretty hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/to-find-a-new-star-in-the-sky-is-pretty-hard/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is great. These drums, I like these drums... '…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/at-a-young-age-i-thought-wow-that-fiddle-thing-that-s-pretty-cool/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-haven-t-been-to-many-music-events-where-somebody-was-performing-and/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [In Americana, the facts and the dreams seem to be all the same to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/in-americana-the-facts-and-the-dreams-seem-to-be-all-the-same-to-me/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [I could never be a movie star and get up at 7:30 to be at someone else's studio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-could-never-be-a-movie-star-and-get-up-at-7-30-to-be-at-someone/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [My mother told me when I was a toddler and in the crib that they would have music playing, and the thing when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/my-mother-told-me-when-i-was-a-toddler-and-in-the-crib-that-they/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/think-about-the-number-of-people-who-do-film-music-make-records-and/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [Musical revolutions, I don't know how many I've been through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/musical-revolutions-i-don-t-know-how-many-i-ve-been-through/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/robbie-robertson/#itemlist", "name": "10 Band Quotes By Robbie Robertson", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. 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