151 Quotes by Robbie Robertson

I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie.

I really have to feel a sense of freedom in my storytelling.

I think the world of Chuck Berry.

Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'

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.

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.

There's a bookstore in New York where you could buy scripts, and I got addicted to them because they were easy, quick reads and the pictures were so vivid.

I don't like overt traditionalism.

I try not to think the song to death. The main criteria is if it's working on an emotional level.