Robbie Robertson Quotes & Sayings

“You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.”

“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.”

“People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy.”

“To find a new star in the sky is pretty hard.”

“I never really had a teenage experience. I went from childhood to maturity, and in some ways, it short-circuited me emotionally.”

“It's a bit of a sore spot, the Thanksgiving in Indian country.”

“The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis.”

“The kid at 9 or 10 who knows who Billie Holiday is... that's the coolest thing ever.”

“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.'”

“By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll.”