--- title: "10 Like Quotes By Robbie Robertson" description: "10 Like quotes by Robbie Robertson. Plus more from Robbie Robertson and more Like sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/robbie-robertson-5070_like_i-don-t-like-overt-traditionalism-199293_1992932.png" --- > [I don't like overt traditionalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-don-t-like-overt-traditionalism/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/robbie-robertson-5070_like_i-don-t-like-overt-traditionalism-199293_1992932.png) > [When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/when-i-was-playing-with-bob-dylan-in-like-1966-i-was-like-20-years-old/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/robbie-robertson-5070_bob_when-i-was-playing-with-bob-dylan-in-lik_2170857.png) > [I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-like-to-work-on-records-when-i-feel-inspired-not-because-it-s/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/robbie-robertson-5070_because_i-like-to-work-on-records-when-i-feel-in_998147.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) > [I always like to keep one hand in the tepee and the other hand in the synagogue. Wouldn't it be great if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-always-like-to-keep-one-hand-in-the-tepee-and-the-other-hand-in-the/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/robbie-robertson-5070_always_i-always-like-to-keep-one-hand-in-the-te_2757337.png) > [At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is great. These drums, I like these…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/robbie-robertson-5070_age_at-a-young-age-i-thought-wow-that-fiddle_279458.png) > [I wanted to develop a guitar style where phrases and lines get there just in the nick of time, like with Curtis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-wanted-to-develop-a-guitar-style-where-phrases-and-lines-get-there/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aef/robbie-robertson-5070_beauty_i-wanted-to-develop-a-guitar-style-where_1845735.jpg) > [I am fascinated by the places that music comes from, like fife-and-drum blues from southern Mississippi or Cajun music out of Lafayette,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-am-fascinated-by-the-places-that-music-comes-from-like-fife-and/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/robbie-robertson-5070_am_i-am-fascinated-by-the-places-that-music_3000816.jpg) > [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 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 Like ## 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/like/robbie-robertson/#itemlist", "name": "10 Like Quotes By Robbie Robertson", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't like overt traditionalism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robbie Robertson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-don-t-like-overt-traditionalism/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/robbie-robertson-5070_like_i-don-t-like-overt-traditionalism-199293_1992932.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/robbie-robertson-5070_like_i-don-t-like-overt-traditionalism-199293_1992932.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/robbie-robertson-5070_like_i-don-t-like-overt-traditionalism-199293_1992932.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't like overt traditionalism.” — Robbie Robertson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robbie Robertson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/when-i-was-playing-with-bob-dylan-in-like-1966-i-was-like-20-years-old/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/robbie-robertson-5070_bob_when-i-was-playing-with-bob-dylan-in-lik_2170857.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/robbie-robertson-5070_bob_when-i-was-playing-with-bob-dylan-in-lik_2170857.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/robbie-robertson-5070_bob_when-i-was-playing-with-bob-dylan-in-lik_2170857.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old.” — Robbie Robertson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robbie Robertson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-like-to-work-on-records-when-i-feel-inspired-not-because-it-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/robbie-robertson-5070_because_i-like-to-work-on-records-when-i-feel-in_998147.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/robbie-robertson-5070_because_i-like-to-work-on-records-when-i-feel-in_998147.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/robbie-robertson-5070_because_i-like-to-work-on-records-when-i-feel-in_998147.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.” — Robbie Robertson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some bands today have the experience of really working together and honing their craft. 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