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I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry.
Robbie Robertson
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Robbie Robertson
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: July 5
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City of Toronto
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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.
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If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes.
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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.
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I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be.
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Some music is supposed to be disposable that's OK. A lot of music is fun for today, but it isn't supposed to be timeless it's supposed to be trendy.
Robbie Robertson
Record making is an extraordinary experience.
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You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.
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Working on 'The Last Waltz' introduced me to Martin Scorsese, and I had been a movie bug since I was a young kid.
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The rock concert experience for people was really pretty stupid, you know, at the time. People would go to concerts not with the idea of listening at all.
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I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie.
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Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow.
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Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.
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Music should never be harmless.
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I think, some countries, you have to be dead to have your picture on a stamp.
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It's a bit of a sore spot, the Thanksgiving in Indian country.
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I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.
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I try not to think the song to death. The main criteria is if it's working on an emotional level.
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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.
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Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.
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I wanted to develop a guitar style where phrases and lines get there just in the nick of time, like with Curtis Mayfield and Steve Cropper. Subtleties mean so much, and there is a stunning beauty in them.
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