Since the early Nineties it's been very fashionable to say, 'It's all about the music.' Chris Robinson More Quotes by Chris Robinson More Quotes From Chris Robinson Musicians playing together, it's a conversation, and ideally I want our conversation to be really intriguing and interesting and beautiful. Chris Robinson together beautiful interesting I like unkempt; I don't mind if I have holes in my jacket or whatever. I think people should look more the way they feel. Chris Robinson mind people thinking I'm not interested in a persona. Chris Robinson persona not-interested I didn't want to be told what to do. I don't want to water down my music to fit into their formats. I know what rock and roll is to me, but everything's turning into one big commercial. Chris Robinson rock-and-roll rocks water Life is different than it was in the Nineties. I'm a dad, and there are other things I have to get done in an afternoon than just being an artist. Chris Robinson dad different artist It's funny, after a while, you get tired of having to fight someone because they don't like the way you look. Chris Robinson tired fighting looks In 2000, I fell in love. I had never felt anything like that before in my life. It kind of took me over. Chris Robinson felt kind I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing. Chris Robinson singing plant fans If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I would've said, 'That's not how it works.' But nothing can be more gratifying. I'm a very hands-on dad. Chris Robinson dad father hands I never thought I'd be on the cover of the 'Atlanta Journal' unless I killed someone. Chris Robinson atlanta journal How many new rock stars have come around that have anything to say at all? Guys where you even want to know what they're thinking? Are they thinking? Where did it go astray? Chris Robinson rocks stars thinking I think that some of the best Crowes stuff we did had that spontaneous vibe. Thats something thats always interested me in music. Im not really the kind of person to get too bogged down in the details. I think that takes away from the emotion and the vibe of what youre doing. Chris Robinson details stuff thinking What I had to learn was, that I'm responsible for my perception of things. Chris Robinson responsible perception My music is how I feel, and that's changed from being twenty years old to being forty-three years old. Chris Robinson three twenties years There have been multitudes of times in my career where I could have taken an easier road or a more commercial path, and I've been just like, 'That's not gonna make me happy.' Chris Robinson road me path happy I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet. Chris Robinson meet meetings business work When I think about the real pioneers of the psychedelic movement in a musical sense, not just the culture, everything had a handmade sort of vibe to it. We're inventing our culture as we move along into this. Chris Robinson everything think real culture I'm interested in authentic experience and the essence of that creative place, and where those myths begin and where they become real on any level. Chris Robinson place experience creative real The counterculture has nothing to do with Dolce & Gabbana having a 'Hippy Summer' or something. Street kids, and kids who want to live in any sort of counter-cultural experience other than what's being presented by the mainstream media or political climate, or 'normal' cultural climate, are never going to look like that. Chris Robinson street live look experience What I had to learn was, that I'm only responsible for my perception of things. The world's not out to get you. That's not the way it works. Chris Robinson you perception way world
