You fog the mind, you stir the soul. Robbie Robertson More Quotes by Robbie Robertson More Quotes From Robbie Robertson I asked Bob Dylan to paint the album cover for 'Music from Big Pink.' He said, 'Yeah, let me see what I can come up with.' Robbie Robertson pink me music i-can To find a new star in the sky is pretty hard. Robbie Robertson find new hard sky It's easy to be a genius in your twenties. In your forties, it's difficult. Robbie Robertson your difficult genius easy The native music of North America, the original-roots music of this country, is also the underworld music of this country. Robbie Robertson native music country america Do you know what a skin walker is? It's a thing in Indian mythology. There are certain people born with this gift, and they're able to actually get inside you and mess with your feelings and with your mind. And if a skin walker chooses to get a hold of you, there's not much you can do. Robbie Robertson gift you mind people I always like to keep one hand in the tepee and the other hand in the synagogue. Wouldn't it be great if there was a combination of the two? You could go to synagogue, and it would be really hot in there. Robbie Robertson great go you hot I am fascinated by the places that music comes from, like fife-and-drum blues from southern Mississippi or Cajun music out of Lafayette, Louisiana, shape-note singing, old harp singing from the mountains - I love that stuff. It's like the beginning of rock and roll: something comes down from the hills, and something comes up from the delta. Robbie Robertson i-am singing music love People think I left The Band and spoiled this whole thing, and that's not what happened. Nobody broke up The Band. Nobody ever said, 'That's it, we're done.' Robbie Robertson nobody think done people 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 pretty interesting things to look at. Robbie Robertson back look journey interesting I love traditional music. But in any culture around the world, there is the historic and cultural music and everything that's been passed down and passed down, and hopefully you take that, and then you take it, you know, the next distance, and then somebody else takes it the next distance. Robbie Robertson you music love culture Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the only one on the list. Robbie Robertson think heritage music people In a lot of groups, you can change a musician, and it doesn't mean anything. Robbie Robertson anything you change mean One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band. Robbie Robertson feel achievement band strong Sixteen years on the road is long enough. Twenty years is unthinkable. Robbie Robertson road enough long years I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall. Robbie Robertson ray-charles hall ray saw Cowboys had guitars. And they sang country 'cause they lived in the country. Robbie Robertson lived cause had country
