Robbie Robertson

One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band.

— Robbie Robertson

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

— Robbie Robertson

I admire those old road dogs, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan. That's their life.

— Robbie Robertson

It's easy to be a genius in your twenties. In your forties, it's difficult.

— Robbie Robertson

Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow.

— Robbie Robertson

I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie.

— Robbie Robertson

I try not to think the song to death. The main criteria is if it's working on an emotional level.

— Robbie Robertson

Do you know what a skin walker is? It's a thing in Indian mythology. There are certain people born with this gift,…

— Robbie Robertson

You never know what could be interesting tomorrow.

— Robbie Robertson

The Band was rebelling against the rebellion. The rebellion went to a place where it became too obvious, too trendy, like you…

— 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

Music isn't necessarily made to last, and there's always been disposable music.

— Robbie Robertson

I always like to keep one hand in the tepee and the other hand in the synagogue. Wouldn't it be great if…

— Robbie Robertson

A lot of times when you're making a record, you put your head down and charge forward until you're done. You just…

— Robbie Robertson

Cowboys had guitars. And they sang country 'cause they lived in the country.

— Robbie Robertson

I thought of a lot of people from the same era when I was making a lot of records that had continued…

— 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

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

— Robbie Robertson

I think the world of Chuck Berry.

— Robbie Robertson

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

— Robbie Robertson

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

— Robbie Robertson

Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'

— Robbie Robertson

I am fascinated by the places that music comes from, like fife-and-drum blues from southern Mississippi or Cajun music out of Lafayette,…

— Robbie Robertson

It would be nice to abandon the verse-chorus-bridge structure completely, and make it so none of these things are definable. ... Make…

— Robbie Robertson

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

— Robbie Robertson