Quote

I don't like overt traditionalism.

Robbie Robertson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Robbie Robertson
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: July 5
Actor
Film Actor
Film Score Composer
Guitarist
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
City of Toronto
Traditionalism
Overt
Like

More quotes by Robbie Robertson

Image
When you make a record, your own record, and you don't even recognize it yourself, it's hard to think if anybody else is going to recognize.
Robbie Robertson
Image
Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.
Robbie Robertson
Image
When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old.
Robbie Robertson
Image
I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie.
Robbie Robertson
Image
Music should never be harmless.
Robbie Robertson
Image
I really have to feel a sense of freedom in my storytelling.
Robbie Robertson
Image
There's a bookstore in New York where you could buy scripts, and I got addicted to them because they were easy, quick reads and the pictures were so vivid.
Robbie Robertson
Image
When people get together that come from different musical backgrounds, a lot of times there's is a good ... it's very enjoyable to say somebody, let me turn you on to some things, and the other person does the same thing. And they play you stuff that maybe you weren't that familiar with and likewise.
Robbie Robertson
Image
Record making is an extraordinary experience.
Robbie Robertson
Image
I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When I was 14, I was in a wanna-be New Orleans band in Toronto.
Robbie Robertson
Image
Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.
Robbie Robertson
Image
It's a bit of a sore spot, the Thanksgiving in Indian country.
Robbie Robertson
Image
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
Image
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.
Robbie Robertson
Image
Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow.
Robbie Robertson
Image
Boy, do I got some stories to tell.
Robbie Robertson
Image
It would be nice to abandon the verse-chorus-bridge structure completely, and make it so none of these things are definable...Make up new names for them. Instead of a bridge, you can call it a highway, or an overpass...Music should never be harmless.
Robbie Robertson
Image
Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'
Robbie Robertson
Image
I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.
Robbie Robertson
Image
I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry.
Robbie Robertson