Robbie Robertson Quotations | Page 2

Time is not kind to everything.

If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes.

Musical revolutions, I don't know how many I've been through.

making a noise in this world making a noise in this world you can bet your ass, I won't go quietly making a noise in this world.

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.

You fog the mind, you stir the soul.

At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is great. These drums, I like these drums ' They were Indian drums. And I was saying, 'But that guitar. That guitar. Girls are going to like that guitar.'

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.

There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing.

I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.

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

Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.